Not all pallets are created equal — and the wrong pallet design can quietly cost your operation thousands of dollars a year in product damage, failed audits, and inefficient material use. ArborTrace partners with Best Pallet™, the pallet design and analysis service from White & Company, to make sure every pallet we source or recommend is engineered to actually perform.
White & Company is a recognized leader in wood packaging and pallet engineering, and Best Pallet is their dedicated design and analysis service — built specifically to help businesses optimize pallet specifications for their unique load requirements, supply chain conditions, and sustainability goals.
Rather than defaulting to a standard 48×40 GMA spec and hoping it works, Best Pallet applies engineering methodology to the question of pallet design — factoring in load weight, stacking patterns, racking systems, transit modes, and material grade to arrive at a specification that is fit for purpose. The result is a pallet that does exactly what it needs to do, using exactly the material it needs to use — nothing more, nothing less.
When ArborTrace is sourcing, building, or recommending a pallet solution for a client, Best Pallet’s design and analysis capabilities sit at the center of that process. Here’s what that looks like:
Most procurement conversations about pallets start and end at price per unit. That’s the wrong frame. A pallet that fails mid-transit, damages product on the floor, or gets rejected at a retailer’s dock creates costs that dwarf whatever was saved on the upfront spec.
At the same time, many companies are running on over-specified pallets — heavier and more expensive than the job actually requires — because no one has ever stress-tested the assumption. Best Pallet’s analysis consistently finds opportunities to right-size specifications without any loss of performance.
ArborTrace brings this engineering lens to every client engagement. Whether you’re re-evaluating a legacy spec, launching a new product line, or trying to reduce your wood consumption footprint, starting with a proper design analysis is the foundation of getting pallet strategy right.
The ArborTrace + Best Pallet™ combination is a natural fit for companies in situations like these:
If your team is making pallet decisions based on habit or price alone, a design analysis is likely to surface both savings and performance improvements that weren’t visible before.