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Discussion in 'Refrigerated Trucking Forum' started by Panhandle flash, Aug 31, 2012.

  1. Panhandle flash

    Panhandle flash Road Train Member

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    Just hauled 10k of meat from Omaha to Blaine, MN and back. Why??? So the meat could be x rayed. New one on me!!!! Wonder how a meat plant, would know that there might be metal in the meat, and even know, within a range, what boxes it might be in?? Carried up 165 boxes, came back with 159. Have to admit to being really curious about this.
     
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  3. Rugerfan

    Rugerfan Road Train Member

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    do you haul for crete?
     
  4. cuzzin it

    cuzzin it Road Train Member

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    At tax time a lot of meat goes on the road, for no other reason than it's tax time. i would haul Excel to a cold storage that is within several miles of another Excel plant to take to another cold storage within another Excel plant....... i guess the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about...Cuz
     
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    buzzarddriver Road Train Member

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    Because each box has a serial number on it and a box that was in a range of the ones you hauled had triggered a metal detector on a production line. Have done this several times.
     
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  6. snowman01

    snowman01 Road Train Member

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    I used to haul paper from one plant to another just so it was not on the floor during inventory. this is common in the furniture industry I've been told.
     
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  7. VisionLogistics

    VisionLogistics Road Train Member

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    Yes, it's not uncommon. It's sometimes called float inventory.

    Float inventory is inventory that is still "in process." It is the inventory that companies are shipping from one stocking location to another. It is not counted as inventory on hand because technically it is not in any of the company's facilities, but inventory managers still have to track it so the company knows how much total inventory the company owns.
     
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