- More items can be handled at the same time, thereby reducing the number of trips required and, potentially, reducing handling costs, loading and unloading times, and product damage.
- Enables the use of standardized material handling equipment, thus reducing the need of buying MHE just for different kind of product as unit load formation can handles wide range of products( from raw material to finished goods.) Flexibility.
The above are the reasons why Unit Load are being used as an principles of effective warehousing.