Case Study – Mexico

Crate Design

Rollins was contracted by Dina from Mexico to crate and ship the sheet metal for 32- CKD (completely knocked down) and SKD (semi knocked down) truck cabs via tractor trailer.

Rollins reviewed the crate design that was provided by Dina and it was determined that there was room for improvement. Clyde DePuy, Operations Manager, looked at the current crate design and was able to design a package that allowed 72 total cabs to ship on one truck versus the original 32.

The result was that Dina realized a significant freight savings and also reduced their current damage percentage of 10% down to 0%. The savings for Dina was significant.

Their design called for 270 trailers with 32 cabs per trailer at a cost of $540,000. Rollins was able to reduce the number of trailers to 120 trailers with 72 cabs per trailer at a cost of $240,000. Dina saved $300,000 on this project!!!