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4 Places To Find Used Cardboard Boxes for Sale
Finding used cardboard boxes for sale is a wonderful way to help the environment. It cuts down on landfill waste and saves valuable natural resources. Used boxes are cheaper than new boxes, making them an ideal way to stretch a…
4 Ways Companies Can Use Scrap Cardboard
Scrap cardboard is a valuable commodity in the international marketplace. It provides an environmentally conscious way to help the environment and a company’s bottom line. There is a variety of ways a company can get involved. Below are four of…
5 Ways to Improve Warehouse Safety
Warehouse safety must be the number one priority for any company. It is essential for minimizing employee and visitor injury, protecting financial resources, and optimizing productivity. Below are five warehouse management safety tips. 1. Immediately clean workplace hazards Hazards increase…
5 Tips For Improving Computer Workstation Ergonomics
Every warehouse relies on using efficient software to keep operations proceeding at optimal levels. Setting up this computer-based work area in an ergonomically friendly manner is crucial for reducing employee injury and lost work time. Computer usage has a reputation…
5 Ways to Improve Warehouse Ergonomics
According to OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the warehousing industry is identified as having an exceptionally high injury rate. High injury rates lead to lower productivity and employee morale, higher medical expenses, and a damaged reputation. Improving a…
5 Ways To Operate A User-Friendly Warehouse
Warehouses can be nightmares to navigate around in and find what is needed. Making your firm’s warehouse as user-friendly as possible takes time, planning, and work. Doing it effectively can improve employee and customer relations, optimize company resources, and increase…
Creative Uses for Corrugated Cardboard
Corrugated cardboard boxes, whether new or used, can be used for a variety of things other than storing items. Let’s put our creative thinking caps on and come up with some innovative ways to use these sturdy boxing treasures. What you will need To make any of the items mentioned in this article, you will need some basic tools and accessories. Tools and accessories include a heavy-duty stapler and staples, utility knife, knobs, contact paper, ruler or measuring tape, screws, hole puncher, screwdriver, duct tape, and scissors. That is it. If you do not have these items available, you can get them for cheap at your local thrift store. You can also purchase them for your own tool collection. Tool collections come in handy. Companies that sell corrugated cardboard also sell a variety of boxing accessories or tools. Check with your local company to find out what is available. Furniture Corrugated cardboard can make durable and cheap furniture. Most budget-minded individuals, especially college students, understand this. Go to your local department store and notice how much cheaply priced furniture is made from corrugated cardboard. Check out diagrams to get an idea about the item’s construction. This aids the construction process. * Consider making a chest of drawers from used corrugated cardboard. This piece of furniture is ideal for holding clothing or office supplies. Heavier clothing requires heavier cardboard. Heavy cardboard keeps the center of the drawer from sagging. Three to four drawers is a perfect size for this piece of furniture. Use a hole puncher to place holes in the cardboard for the knobs. Once the knob is in place, secure it with a screw. * Night stands, those wonderful furniture pieces that go alongside your bed, are another piece of furniture that can be made from corrugated cardboard. Basically, a nightstand is…
Do’s and Don’ts of Efficient Warehouse Management
1. It depends on warehouse management software. Do pay money for a comprehensive and reliable warehouse management software program that offers versatility and user-friendly features for everyone in your plant. Efficient WMS, short for warehouse management system, relies on a…
Are you doing all you can by recycling cardboard boxes?
Cardboard is a convenient and cheap packing material. More than 85% of shipments through the postal service are packaged in cardboard. Cardboard is used to protect everything from small boxes for toys to huge cardboard boxes used for refrigerators and…
Used Boxes
As prices increase for paper, the cost of corrugated, shipping boxes continues to rise. Recently there was a 5-10% increase on corrugated boxes and there has been a 2nd increase announced that is scheduled to take affect sometime in May….
