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Bulk Shipping

400 points posted to Environment, Desktops and Laptops by zgamer 06/05/07

This is in focus to purchasing multiple desktops and notebooks.

When purchasing systems from Dell we tend to purchase a large number (a couple hundred) systems once a year. Upon delivery I am amazed by the amount of waste produced.

IDEA: Bulk ship desktops where five systems are in one box or ten laptops per box. This would allow to cut down on the amount of packing material greatly.

On a side note when we have had systems arrive in this method there tends to be a far fewer chance of getting systems damaged in shipping :)

polyzelf
06/05/07		 Optiplex towers (by themselves) can weigh up to 45 pounds alone with packing materials.

Make sure Dell sends Michael Bana to deliver your orders.
zgamer
06/05/07		 We've received shipments from other vendors in this fashion. Pallet jacks are your best friend. Space wise you can fit an extra 20% or so per truckload which saves on shipping costs.
polyzelf
06/05/07		 Pallet jacks don't go everywhere. It's a matter of rational convenience. Even then, the only thing you're truly going to be saving is recycled cardboard. You'll still need a proportionate amount of packing material to maintain the same level of damage protection.

But it goes back to which method is the right balance of effectiveness and efficiency.

If anything it has to be an option. I worked for a company that bought Dell computers in bulk and resold individually and we needed them to be in individual boxes as each computer was being shipped to individual clients. Were we going to pay for seperate boxes after the fact? No.
cparish
06/11/07		 Every year for the past ten years I've asked our Dell account manager to pass this message on. This year we have just taken delivery of 300 more desktops: same separate cardboard box for each unit and monitor! When will they do bulk deliveries?
zgamer
06/11/07		 Gah, another 175 systems arrived and all single packed. So wasteful.
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