Case Studies Concerning Monoflo Totes

From its distribution center in Tulsa, OK., State Service Systems ships beauty supplies to more than 240 independent distributors and company-owned stores in 15 states. Each month the company was shipping nearly 30,000 corrugated cartons filled with a range of eaches from bottles of shampoo to tubes of tanning lotion.

Productivity Solution Using Nestable Totes

Items are picked directly into returnable totes that are palletized and shipped to stores. Average turnaround for totes back to the distribution center is 14 days. By replacing corrugated boxes with returnable totes, State Service Systems saves $100,000 a year shipping orders to its beauty supply stores.

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