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Warehousing and Logistics: You Don’t Need Excuses

June 5, 2019June 29, 2019 ssologisticsuk

At SSO Logistics we fully understand that what we do is simply a necessary evil for your business. Necessary, in the sense that you simply cannot do without having your goods transported from one place to another, and evil in the sense that – yes – we are an overhead.

It is for that reason that we have always recognised that what we do should be in the background. It should just “happen”. The very last things that you need from warehousing and distribution companies are excuses. You really do not want to know that the reason your goods did not arrive at the destination at the time you were told they would is because an agency driver didn’t turn up.

You were told that “xyz transport company” would always do what you need and get your pallets where they need to be on time. What you don’t want to hear is a long list of excuses as to why that didn’t happen. We understand that if things don’t arrive on time it can cost you money – a lot of money.

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SSO Logistics -Every Possible Pallet Transport Service You Need

June 5, 2019June 29, 2019 ssologisticsuk

At SSO Logistics we are a member of the United Pallet Network (UPN) which enables us to provide you with overnight pallet transport services to anywhere in the UK. This is the ideal solution for customers who need to get a small consignment to it’s destination in a short space of time. At our St Helens depot in Merseyside, we are very convenient for the port of Liverpool and we are constantly planning the most economic route for your freight, whether that is on our own vehicles or the UPN network.

Let’s face it: we know what you want. All that concerns you is getting your pallet or pallets to your customers or your business at the right time and in perfect condition. How that is achieved is not something that should worry you, and you are quite right. You have other things to think about when running your business, so pallet transport is OUR problem, not yours.

We work around you, our customer, not the other way around. That means that if you need a pallet collected from anywhere in the UK with materials that you need for production tomorrow, we will collect it, or have it collected, by 4.30 pm and it will be delivered to you the next day in most parts of the UK as long as we receive your order by 11.30 am. There are certain exceptions, such as the Scottish isles, but in most cases, it is no problem.

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Some Interesting Facts about the Pallet Industry

May 9, 2019 ssologisticsuk

Pallet transport is on the increase in the UK. It is, of course, one of the most effective methods of moving goods, and figures for 2016, which are the latest available, showed that the construction industry took around 32% of all new wood pallets manufactured that year. The estimated number of new pallets manufactured was 42.5 million, while 41.4 million were repaired. The average cost of a new pallet was £6.31. These figures are from the Timber Packaging & Pallet Confederation (TIMCON).

TIMCON also said that apart from the construction industry, other big users were Distributors with 18%, FMCG’s with 14%, Chemicals (12%), and the Engineering and Automotive Industries (11%). It was estimated that there are approximately 250 million pallets in use for pallet transport in the UK, which is far short of the US where the figure is 2.6 billion. TIMCON members are reported to have used 688,000 cubic metres of wood for pallets and packaging, of which 72% was home grown timber and 28% imported.

TIMCON members either employed directly, or indirectly in outsourced activities, 3,020 people at 128 locations throughout the UK, 43.7% of which related to new pallet production and 53.3% related to inspecting or repairing pallets. The other 3% went on packaging.

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What Is The Future For Logistical Services?

April 8, 2019 ssologisticsuk

The coming few years are likely to be critical for the logistical services international industry as technology moves onwards at an ever-increasing pace. The industry is gearing up to take on the challenges and the opportunities provided by the latest technological developments. These are going to really alter 3PL and some of these technologies are already in use. Mobile apps and 3D printing are already here, but logistical services international faces other technologies such as driverless vehicles and drone deliveries.

These are still in the testing stage and may never completely take over, but there is no doubt that they are only around the corner. Uber is already testing driverless taxis, Elon Musk is pressing ahead with driverless electric vehicles, and there is talk of driverless flying taxis also. A company called Volocopter has been testing them in Germany since 2016. There is a way to go yet, and several people have already been killed using driverless vehicles because the technology has not yet reached the point where it is fail-safe.

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