PalletAudits
Pallet audit guides
Running an audit
How to run a CHEP pallet audit at your warehouse
A step-by-step monthly CHEP pallet audit: what to export, what to count, and how to find where pallets went missing before the pallet company bills you for them.
Why your pallet count doesn't match the pallet company's balance
The usual reasons a physical pallet count comes up short of a CHEP, PECO or iGPS balance, and how to find each one.
Pallet count sheet: every place to count
A practical checklist of every area to count during a pooled pallet audit, with tips for mixed pallet types.
Pallet reconciliation template (and when a spreadsheet stops working)
The simple balance formula behind every pallet reconciliation, and why matching shipments to declarations is the hard part.
Getting ready for your pallet company's audit
Pallet companies count equipment at customer sites and reconcile it to their records. How to prepare, what to have on the day, and what to check in the result.
CHEP, PECO and iGPS accounts
Pallet transfer declarations, explained
What a pallet transfer declaration is, why late or missing declarations cost money, and how to keep them on time.
How to reconcile a PECO pallet account
Reconciling red PECO pallets: what PECO renters report, what to match, and where shortages usually come from.
iGPS plastic pallets: transfers and tracking
iGPS pallets carry RFID tags, but you still report transfers. What that means for audits.
How CHEP pallet charges work: issues, daily hire, transfers and lost equipment
The parts of a CHEP pallet bill in the US, what starts and stops the rental clock, and where a monthly audit usually finds money.
Declaring CHEP transfers: a monthly checklist
A short routine that keeps a CHEP balance close to reality: declare on the ship date, match every load, and catch the transfers you never received.
Reporting PECO shipments in RED<>LINK: the fields that matter
How PECO pallet shipments are reported, which fields to fill in every time, and why the BOL number matters when you reconcile.
Half pallets need their own audit
CHEP and PECO half pallets are different equipment from full 48x40 pallets. Count, report and reconcile them separately.
Pooled vs whitewood pallets: what changes for your pallet accounting
Rental pallets you report on, and whitewood pallets you own. How shipping on both affects a pallet audit.
Fixing your balance
Lost pallet charges: what they are and how to reduce them
How lost or non-return pallet charges usually arise in rental pallet programs, and the paperwork that prevents most of them.
Shipping pooled pallets to customers outside the pallet network
What usually happens when CHEP, PECO or iGPS pallets go to a customer that doesn't return them, and how to avoid paying for lost pallets.
Got a lost-pallet bill? What to check before you pay
Before accepting a charge for lost CHEP, PECO or iGPS pallets, check how much of the shortage is really paperwork.
Pallet rent and late declarations: how the days add up
Why a late declaration costs money on a daily-hire pallet account, how to work out pallet-days, and what to change.
Seven reasons a pooled pallet account drifts
The common causes behind a CHEP, PECO or iGPS balance that doesn't match the pallets on site, and how to catch each one.
Pooled pallets moving to your own sites and co-packers
Internal transfers and co-packer loads are easy to miss. How to record them so the right site carries the pallets.
Transfers credited to you that never arrived
When a supplier declares pooled pallets to your site, they land on your balance whether or not the load came. How to find and dispute them.
Refused loads: when the pallets come back but the declaration stands
A load you declared to a customer comes back refused. Unless the declaration is corrected, the pallets are on the customer's account and your floor at the same time.
What evidence to keep for a pallet dispute
BOLs, receiving records and transaction numbers: the paperwork that settles a disagreement with the pallet company.
Customers' pallet rules
Which pallets do big retailers accept? What's actually published
Pooled or whitewood, block or stringer, exchange or not: what major US retailers' public supplier documents say about pallets, with dates.
Costco pallet requirements: what's public, and auditing PECO or CHEP loads to Costco
What's publicly reported about the pallets Costco receives on, and how to audit a pallet account when only Costco loads go out on pooled pallets.
Sam's Club pallet requirements (2026)
What Sam's Club's published Structural Packaging Standards say about pallets: block or pooled only, no stringer or GMA pallets.
Kroger pallet requirements
What Kroger's published General Procurement Guidelines say about pallets: pooled pallets first choice, whitewood second, no exchange.
CVS pallet requirements and pooled pallets
CVS's routing guide asks for GMA Grade A whitewood and says CVS is a non-participating distributor for CHEP, PECO and iGPS. What that means for your pallet account.
Exporting from your WMS
Exporting shipments and receipts from your WMS for a pallet audit
Which columns a pallet audit needs, how to get them out of any WMS, and the mistakes that throw off the match.
Exporting shipments from SAP EWM for a pallet audit
Where outbound delivery orders live in SAP EWM, how to get the list into Excel, and what to use for a pallet count.
Exporting outbound deliveries from SAP ECC or S/4HANA (VL06O)
Using the outbound delivery monitor (VL06O) and the inbound monitor (VL06I) to pull a month of deliveries for a pallet audit.
Exporting shipments from Oracle WMS Cloud for a pallet audit
Outbound loads, inbound shipments and the scheduled exports in Oracle Warehouse Management Cloud, and what to use as a pallet count.
Exporting shipment orders from Infor WMS for a pallet audit
Where shipment orders and receipts are in Infor WMS, and what the Export to Excel option includes.
Exporting shipments from NetSuite for a pallet audit
A saved search on item fulfillments (shipments) and item receipts, exported to CSV, with the pallet count.
Exporting loads and shipments from Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management
Using All loads and All shipments in Dynamics 365 SCM and Export to Excel to pull a month for a pallet audit.
Exporting shipment history from Fishbowl for a pallet audit
Using Fishbowl's Shipment History report, formatted for export, to get a month of shipments into CSV or Excel.
Tracking pooled pallet shipments in Excel
No WMS? A simple shipment log that's enough for a monthly pallet audit, and how to keep Excel from mangling your numbers.