FDSC 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Plywood, Paperboard, Stackable Switch
10 Oct 2017
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Serves as a handling unit, protects from physical and mechanical injuries, protects from moisture loss, provides sanitory environment, facilitates various controls, serves a a marketing tool, communicates with consumers, promotes of products identification and branding, provides of ma within. Serves to move produce from field to storage, within the facility and through distribution chain. Serves as home storage unit, serves to offer the product in unit or group of units of specific sizes. Unitized handling: container unitization and standardization are very important in storage and transport. Consumer unit (1/4lb-10lb) shipping container (up to 100lb) bulk handling (up to. 4 metric sizes suggested by oecd organization of economic cooperation and development) 40x30cm, 50x30cm, 50x40cm, 60x40cm: protection from physical and mechanical injuries. Sharp edges on handling equipment, nails and rough edges on packaging material, they rupture produce skin. Compression injury due to produce weight within the package or packages stacked above.
