Feeling overwhelmed by rising costs, sluggish operations, and growing environmental concerns? Picture this: a smooth-running warehouse, efficient logistics, and a lighter impact on the planet. Sounds too good to be true? It's not! Two simple solutions hold the key to this supply chain dream: pallets and reusable plastic crates (RPCs). These unsung heroes are key to achieving cost-effectiveness, sustainability, and streamlining operations with great effect. CHEP has an unrivaled range of pallets and RPCs available for the FMCG supply chain.

The Power of a Simple Platform

Pallets are the workhorses of effective material handling. They offer a uniform foundation for moving and stacking FMCG products, making forklift operation possible, and facilitating efficient movement along the supply chain. This seemingly straightforward invention decreases product damage, lowers personnel expenses, and speeds up logistics by doing away with the need for human handling.

• The Benefits of Reusable Plastic Crates

RPCs are rapidly gaining traction in the fresh produce supply chain. These robust crates offer several advantages: they're lighter, reducing transportation costs and fuel consumption. They're also more hygienic, easier to clean, resist moisture and pests, thus ensuring product integrity in diverse environments. Moreover, their durability allows for countless reuse cycles and less cardboard waste, resulting in a positive environmental impact.

• Versatility Across Industries

From agriculture and retail to manufacturing and pharmaceuticals, pallets and reusable plastic crates cater to diverse industry needs with standardised designs and specifications. Whether it's safeguarding delicate fresh produce during transit or reducing the amount of cardboard waste to landfill, these versatile solutions offer unparalleled reliability and adaptability in any operational setting.

• Enhanced Product Protection

RPCs and pallets offer ease of handling, reduced worker fatigue and potential injuries, superior protection against damage and reduced returns.

CHEP is the leading pallet and RPC provider in Sub-Sahara Africa with a regional footprint and an array of standardised innovative load-moving solutions that allow businesses to achieve operational excellence while lowering their environmental impact. Our large pallet pool means you don’t have to worry about peaks in demand because we have quality products available whenever and wherever you need them. When you partner with CHEP, you can unlock a world of efficiency, sustainability, and cost savings, all while protecting the planet.

Experience the transformative power of pallets and reusable plastic crates today and embark on a journey towards greener, more efficient logistics operations. Contact us and a business manager will offer tailored consultation on our diverse range of pallets and RPCs, ensuring that your supply chain operates at peak efficiency.

About CHEP

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organisation on Earth. Its pallets, crates, and containers form the invisible backbone of the global supply chain and the world’s biggest brands trust CHEP to help them transport their goods more efficiently, sustainably, and safely. As pioneers of the sharing economy, CHEP created one of the world's most sustainable logistics businesses through the share and reuse of its platforms under a model known as ‘pooling’. CHEP primarily serves the fast-moving consumer goods (e.g., dry food, grocery, and health and personal care), fresh produce, beverage, retail, and general manufacturing industries. CHEP employs approximately 11,000 people and believes in the power of collective intelligence through diversity, inclusion, and teamwork. CHEP owns approximately 345 million pallets, crates, and containers through a network of more than 750 service centres, supporting more than 500,000 customer touchpoints for global brands such as Procter & Gamble, Sysco, and Nestlé. CHEP is part of the Brambles Group and operates in approximately 60 countries with its largest operations in North America and Western Europe. For more information on CHEP, visit www.chep.com.