palletize

Arrange for shipping

To palletize is to load goods onto pallets for storage or shipping: The warehouse crew palletized the boxes for transport.

Palletizing allows forklifts to move large quantities efficiently.

The process can be done manually or with automated palletizing machines.

Also spelled palletise in British English.

logistics

shipping

Transporting goods to destinations

inventory · forklift · cargo · transportation · supply-chain · containerization · export · import · loading · unloading

automation

palletizer

Automated cargo-stacking machine

manufacturing · assembly · production · equipment · scanning · efficiency · optimization · sensors · programming · gripper

stacking

layering

Forming successive strata

interlocking · pattern · configuration · orientation · nesting · overhang · pyramidal · columnar · pinwheel · stability

packaging

shrink-wrap

Plastic packaging that tightens

carton · crate · container · wrapping · label · dunnage · bundling · securing · stabilizing

Categories
Opposites
organization/consolidation method

palletizebulk storage

Storing items in quantity

break bulk · scatter · disperse · disorganize

loading/unloading process

palletizeunload

Remove contents from

break down · unbundle · unpack · disassemble · separate

Family

palletization, palletized

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G