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Layer Saver  is a collapsible plastic pallet system that allows you to more fully utilize cube in a vehicle. According to the manufacturer, Layer Saver™ is a 2-layered pallet shipping vessel made to withstand more weight
than conventional wood or plastic pallets. Its unique design allows for the
first tier to hold several rows of corrugated product (just like a traditional
pallet) and then with its easy-to-extend Layer Saver™ second tier, the
pallet expands its capacity to hold at least 25% (and sometimes 50%) more
product all within the same footprint of a standard pallet. Note: the picture is NOT the Layer Saver technology.

You can lease the pallets same as you do from CHEP, but there is no pooling involved as in the CHEP model. The company also offers a "point-to-point" logistics system.   Many shippers move product to specific locations all the time in a hub-and-spoke system. With
each predesignated location, pallets will travel from Facility "A" to Facility
"B" with a return pallet program back to Facility "A". The more a company uses a
pallet in a pooling system the more they have incurred a number of monthly
in-and-out charges. Simply put, the more you use a pooling pallet the greater
the cost. Layer Saver's™ system offers just the opposite effect. The more the
Layer Saver™ vessel and complimentary insert pallets move, in our point-to-point
logistics system, the less costly they become on a monthly basis.

It is an interesting idea that may help certain shippers reduce freight costs.  If you are reading this, you know who you are.

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