Ansul Chemical Co, Marinette, Wis, changed from heavy wooden containers to prefabricated wire-bound crates for packaging chemical fire extinguishers and reduced costs of operation by 60%; conversion resulted in shipping weight reduction from 693 and 1171 lb to 487 and 844 lb, or 30 and 28%.


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    Title :

    Costs down -- Sales up


    Additional title:

    Purchasing


    Contributors:
    O'Leary, L. (author)

    Published in:

    Purchasing ; 31 , n 6 ; p 86-87


    Publication date :

    1951


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :



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