Anyone who has watched a non-standard pallet disrupt an entire unloading sequence at a dock understands the value of a loading unit system: it establishes binding specifications for dimensions, permissible stacking heights, weight limits, and securing devices so that goods and load carriers move as a homogeneous unit throughout the supply chain.
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