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Packaging with suitable dimensions to hold 416 heads in a 20-foot export container. This type of container had already been used by the company, which chose to keep it in this study;
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A vacuum formed plastic tray was used to arrange the products into two rows with 5 mm spacing between the pieces. This allowed organizing the engine heads according to customer request without requiring the use of stretch film and raffia bags;
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A vacuum formed plastic cover with 50 mm corners, which did not require the use of the plywood and cardboards corners;
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Use of a metallic frame (or rack) with ability to withstand stacking four layers of engine heads without requiring the use of the wooden pallet.