A blue pallet measuring 1.2m X1m seems not special. However, when a logistics enterprise adopts this standard pallets, the logistics operating costs can be reduced by 32% and the front line handling personnel will be reduced by 50%, while the loading and unloading efficiency can be improved by three times the highest....

 

In recent years, Guangzhou, as one of the three pilot cities of logistics standardization, is implementing a series of logistics upgrade and renovation measures, including the standardization of pallets. Against the rising labor, land costs and other operating costs, the total social logistics costs of Guangzhou declined 0.05 percentage point in 2015, taking a lead in China. Guangzhou is sparing no efforts in building an international logistics center and will cooperate with neighboring cities to develop the logistics standardization system of the city cluster of the Pearl River Delta.

 

Source: Translated from Invest Guangzhou, June 20, 2016