Packaging
This packaging level directly holds the product the customer purchases.
What is Primary Packaging?
Products must be protected from this sudden force caused by drops or impacts.
What is Shock?
This area is often where final packaging and labeling occur before shipping.
What is the Staging Area?
Boxes stacked directly on the trailer floor without pallets.
What is Floor Loading?
These bars are used across trailers to hold cargo in place.
What are Load Bars?
A carton that holds several packaged products is called:
What is a Master Carton?
Repeated movement during transport that can damage products over time.
What is Vibration?
Document listing the contents, quantity, and destination of a shipment.
What is a Shipping Manifest?
Loading method where goods are stacked on pallets before shipment.
What is Palletized Loading?
These inflatable devices fill empty trailer spaces to prevent movement.
What are Airbags / Dunnage Bags?
This packaging prepares goods for transportation, usually involving pallets and stretch wrap.
What is Transport Packaging?
Packaging must protect against this pressure caused by stacking boxes.
What is Compression?
Final step where workers confirm correct product, quantity, and condition before shipment.
What is Order Verification?
Load type where a trailer delivers to only one destination.
What is a Single-Stop Load?
These are used to tie down cargo and prevent shifting.
What are Straps?
Items grouped together for easier movement, usually on a pallet.
What is a Unit Load?
Material used to prevent cargo from shifting during transport.
What is Dunnage?
Grouping smaller items into larger cartons for shipment.
What is Repackaging?
Load type where a trailer delivers to multiple locations.
What is a Multiple-Stop Load?
When cargo reaches the maximum weight limit before filling the trailer space.
What is Weighing Out?
This machine wraps pallets with plastic film to stabilize shipments.
What is a Stretch Wrapper?
Two environmental threats packaging must protect against besides shock and vibration.
What are Moisture and Temperature (heat or cold)?
This process groups multiple packages into one larger shipping unit for efficiency.
What is Unitizing?
Phrase meaning cargo is packed tightly with minimal empty space.
What is High and Tight?
Weight must be distributed evenly across these parts of the trailer to prevent accidents.
What are Axles?