Zuo Xinyu: tray standardization is not just the tray this one thing!

? ? ? ??"Standardization of logistics equipment for the improvement of logistics efficiency, standardize the logistics market has a positive significance.But each equipment standard is not developed in isolation to see the equipment itself, the same tray." China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing Logistics Equipment Professional Committee Secretary Long left Xinyu, in the first logistics to accept all the media · Modern Logistics (WeChat: cn156news), said in an interview. So what are the factors we need to combine with our pallet standards?

?????????To be compatible with upstream and downstream equipment

????????First of all, usually the standard tray to develop, to refer to the container standard and reference to transport vehicle standards. At present, China's standard tray size, there are two, one 1m × 1.2m, one 1.1m × 1.1m, and the international standard tray system there are European standard and American Standard. European standard size of 1.2m × 0.8m, American standard for 40 inches × 48 inches (greater than the national standard 1 m × 1.2 m tray).

????????It should be said that China's standard pallet standard in the two standards, with reference to the container size and vehicle size, is taking into account the international standards and Japan and South Korea standards. Now, our country to promote the 1m × 1.2m standard tray just stored side by side in the new GB1589 standard 2.55 meters wide car, but for 2.35 meters of container diameter, this specification tray will not meet, relatively speaking , 1140 standard non-standard tray but more convenient to use.

????????From the standard implementation of the rules, the recommended standards should be adapted to mandatory standards. As China's existing pallet standards are recommended, do not belong to the mandatory standards. Therefore, the tray standard to adapt to vehicle standards, and the vehicle in the mandatory standards of matching, can not be too much emphasis on the core role of tray standards, should respect and adapt to the relevant standards of vehicles.

????????Second, the pallet standards, to consider backward-compatible storage facilities and product packaging size. China to develop pallet standards and related logistics equipment standards, the general reference to Europe and the United States and other countries related practices. It is reported that in the mature European standard system, the warehouse shelves have to follow the tray standardization. In this way, the system of automation equipment can be fully connected with all the equipment, smooth operation.

????????Pallet in the logistics and packaging design is to play a role in connecting. Trays are not the smallest packaging unit in most cases, and often require a smaller turnover box or a one-time sales package, which is also compatible with each other and compatibility issues. Many companies complain about irregular packaging of goods. The root of the problem lies in the lack of systematic modularity of the entire modular packaging system.

???????What is the packaging modulus? More simply, it is based on the size of the unit container to determine the size of a number of commodity packaging a reference value. For example, a commodity, to put on the tray 1m × 1.2m away, the goods must be divided into several small packages, these small size packaging together, just enough to store a whole tray. How to calculate, is a designer thing, but the reason is obvious, that is, the designer must also be 1m × 1.2m size design packaging. In fact, unless the goods subject to property and export countries, regions and other aspects of the rules, otherwise, companies will certainly adopt the most common standards for packaging design.

????????Therefore, the tray standard-setting, but also must consider the issue of product attributes. This is the root cause of standardization and promotion. With Xinyu words, the size of the tray is not the most important, it is important how to make it up, we develop the standard not only from top to bottom, but also consider the bottom-up compatibility. If we have developed a tray standard that is suitable for other equipment, but is not suitable for special attributes and requirements of the tray needs of goods, it should respect these needs. For example, in the tobacco industry using 1250 standard tray, in its internal industry is very popular, although non-standard, but in the tobacco industry has formed a recycling, is worth learning. At present, we promote and develop pallet standards, I am afraid we should also consider the needs of the enterprise level.

????????Another aspect, the tray specifications also need to take into account the problem of manual operation. In the case of automatic code goods have not yet universal, the pallet of goods also need to manually palletizing. Many manufacturers will be the whole care of the parts directly to the production line side, access to spare parts is to rely on artificial. How to reduce the labor intensity, ease of operation, but also a problem of tray adaptability. In this regard, the European 1200 * 800 tray has the advantage, the workers only in one side of the tray can complete the operation of the whole cargo, do not need to go around to the other direction.

????????Focus on getting through the entire supply chain

????????At the same time, the pallet standardization should also consider the application of the entire supply chain. China's tray standardization for many years in pushing, but for many years have not unified, standardized application?

????????Zuo Xinyu that, in addition to standard-setting and promotion, standardization and application of the tray industry, areas, the level of the enterprise's supply chain. Tray standardization on the premise that the application of upstream and downstream enterprises to reach a consensus to form an effective collaborative mechanism to establish a supply chain partnership, in order to make the tray up, then not only positive flow, but also reverse circulation, multi-point circulation.

????????At present, FMCG industry to promote with the board transport, is a good case. Although there are a variety of pallet standards exist, but as long as such a supply chain in the main chain of the strong environment, such as chain super distribution, will be able to make efficient operation with the board transport. In other words, the supply chain in a more closed and collaborative environment, the standardization of the tray on the promotion.

????????From this point of view, we are not so much to promote the standardization of the tray, as we should conform to the needs of supply chain standardization. Therefore, the tray is not standardized so that all of the pallets are using a standard, or the higher the uniformity of the standard the better, but the tray can be circulated, there is no idle, it will be able to achieve high efficiency.

????????In the manufacturing sector in the popular cycle of picking, is based on "milk" principle, you can more vividly explain the tray to flow up this essence. For example, a residential area, in a milk company ordered milk services, agreed to come to the door every day to send milk; Next, the milk company's delivery staff, every day to send milk, each time only to send a bottle. In addition to the bottle will be filled with milk, but also take away the customer when the consumption of empty bottles; the same day, the delivery staff finished the region all the quantitative filled with milk bottle, the harvest is all recovered empty bottle .

????????Among them, the bottle on the tray as a general, and with the board transport, circulation sharing model is the same. In short, as long as the distribution agreement reached with the customer, the distribution rules, standardized operation will become an efficient way of delivery. Then, there will be no standardization of the promotion of the problem.

????????The automobile industry is the most standardized industry with the use of unitized container equipment. Years of lean production and lean logistics management have established a perfect supply chain system between OEMs and suppliers. Trays and turnover boxes are unitized and standardized Circulation equipment, there is no standardization of the basic promotion of the problem. In recent years the gradual promotion of the recycling packaging rental model, in the automotive industry is recognized, has been very successful cases.

????????Admittedly, the tray to adapt to the standardization of the industry is limited. Some special goods can not be loaded with the tray, some shape-specific goods can not be standardized tools for transportation, it is necessary to consider the industry-specific loader standardization.

????????In short, ignore the importance of the tray and too much to the tray as the core of standardization issues, promote standardization, will not be suitable. Tray standardization is the standardization of logistics infrastructure equipment, in order to promote it, industry authorities, enterprises should not only understand the standardization, but also understand the needs of enterprise applications and supply chain characteristics. After all, the improvement of logistics efficiency is a systematic project, from the equipment upstream and downstream compatibility, packaging and supply chain coordination point of view, the result is more conducive to solving the problem.