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TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary 4 1 Introduction 8 2 Background 12 3 The Current Situation 16 4 Driving Principles 24 5 Secondary Unit Loads 32 5.1 What are Secondary Unit Loads? 33 5.2. Space Utilisation 33 5.3. Handling Efficiency 34 5.4. Material Management 35 5.5. Conclusions 35 6 Reusable Transport Items 36 6.1. What are Reusable Transport Items? 37 6.2. Secondary RTI Applications 37 6.3. Key Success Factors for RTI Efficiency 39 6.4. A Set of Common European Standards 39 6.5. The Right Secondary RTI Design 40 6.6. The Right RTI Management 40 6.7. Choosing the Right Secondary RTI Solution 41 7 Tertiary Unit Loads 44 7.1. What are Tertiary Items? 45 7.2. Pallets 47 7.3. Roll Cages and Dollies 50 7.4. Trade-offs 52 7.5. Other Guidelines 52 7.6. Conclusions 53 8 Benefits 54 8.1. Cost Savings Opportunities 55 8.2. Intangibles 56 8.3. Choosing the Right Unit Loads System 57 8.4. EUL Design and Supply Chain Design 58 9 Achieving Tangible Benefits 60 9.1. Management Focus 61 9.2. Key Success Factors 63 9.3. Recommendations 64 10 Appendix 66 10.1. Definitions 67 10.2. Additional Data and Figures 70 10.3. Modular Space Utilisation Analysis 72 10.4. RTI Product Suitability Matrix 76 <strong>ECR</strong> Contacts 77 The Efficient Unit Loads Report 3
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Efficient Unit Loads are absolutely key in improving transport, storage and handling efficiency across the total supply chain. 4 The Efficient Unit Loads Report
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8BENEFITS Efficient Unit Loads can
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percent of retail sales price - can
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8.4. EUL Design and Supply Chain De
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9ACHIEVING TANGIBLE BENEFITS Future
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• Improving space utilisation, pa
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• Reducing current dimensional pr
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0APPENDIX 66 The Efficient Unit Loa
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Efficient Promotion (EP) Suppliers
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10.2. Additional Data and Figures D
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10.3. Modular Space Utilisation Ana
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Results Figure 46 and Figure 47 cle
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10.4. RTI Product Suitability Figur
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Final Thanks The European ECR Execu
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