PalletAuditsPooled 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.
Two different things
Pooled (rental) pallets from CHEP, PECO or iGPS belong to the pallet company. You report where they go and pay to use them. Whitewood pallets are bought and owned; once shipped, they're gone (or come back through an exchange, if your customer runs one).
Many sites ship on both: pooled pallets to the customers that require them, whitewood to everyone else.
What it means for an audit
Only loads on the pooled pallet being audited count. If your WMS doesn't record the pallet type, the audit needs to know which customers take which pallet.
In PalletAudits, set what most of your outbound ships on, and mark the customers that take each pool. For example: most loads on whitewood, Costco depots on PECO.
Find your missing pallets
PalletAudits matches every shipment to a declared transfer and lists what to declare, dispute and recount. Your first audit is free.
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Reporting PECO shipments in RED<>LINK: the fields that matter
General information, not advice about any specific contract. Your agreement with the pallet company sets the actual fees and deadlines.