What to confirm in the RFQ
- Destination and commodity requirements
- Load and rack condition
- One-way or returnable flow
- Cleaning, repair and inspection
- Weight, traceability and disposal
A defensible selection method
- 1Confirm the destination's current packaging rules.
- 2Compare equivalent load-rated designs.
- 3Model trip count and return logistics.
- 4Document acceptance criteria before shipment.
Claims and data guardrails
- • Regulatory treatment rules and customer hygiene rules are separate.
- • Material alone does not prove cleanliness or compliance.
- • Treat supplier-provided values as source references until the quoted configuration is confirmed.
- • Do not extend a certificate, test report or marking beyond its named holder, model and stated scope.
- • Confirm MOQ, packing, destination requirements and inspection points in the quotation.
Frequently asked
What should I consider first?+
Plastic and wood pallets should be compared by destination rules, load, hygiene, repair, reuse, traceability, weight and end-of-life route. The best option depends on the complete shipment system.
What information should the buyer confirm?+
Destination and commodity requirements; Load and rack condition; One-way or returnable flow; Cleaning, repair and inspection; Weight, traceability and disposal.
How should loading or packing quantities be used?+
Use an applicable supplier load reference or a model based on the actual packed, nested, folded, cartoned or palletised configuration. A rough volume estimate is planning guidance only, not an authoritative loading count.
Turn the checklist into a product brief
Send the use case, dimensions, quantity and destination. Configuration, documents, MOQ and packing are confirmed in the quotation.