Pallets make it easier to move heavy stacks. Loads with pallets under them can be hauled by
forklift trucks of different sizes, or even by hand-pumped and hand-drawn pallet jacks.
Movement is easy on a wide, strong, flat floor concrete is excellent. The greatest investment
needed for economical pallet use is in the construction of commercial or industrial buildings.
Passage through doors and buildings must be possible. To help this issue, some later pallet
standards are designed to pass through standard doorways.
Organizations using standard pallets for loading and unloading can have much lower costs
for handling and storage, with faster material movement than businesses that do not. The
exceptions are establishments that move small items such as jewelry or large items such as
cars. But even they can be improved. For instance, the distributors of costume chemical,
dyes, pharmaceuticals, bags, normally use pallets in their warehouses and car manufacturers
use pallets to move components and spare parts.
