Most shipping departments rely on estimates when filling out transport carrier requirements. The result, when the product is check weighed by the carrier back at the hub, charge backs are put to the account creating variances in transport budgets. Equally as important but less understood are when outgoing shipments are understated and the result is overpaying the carrier. Those companies looking for certainty almost always arrive at on-board lift truck scales to boost accuracy in their shipping department.

Even small companies compete for vehicle space and time with regards to staging outgoing product. For this reason alone floor scales are often bypassed out of convenience. However, utilizing a SkidWeigh ED3/4-GSS (General Shipping System) allows you to weigh loads at point of loading with no additional travel. Accurate to +/- 1% of capacity of the vehicle the system is perfect for safeguarding rate charge. In addition, the GSS platform has the ability to couple weight with load dimensions for rate contracts that charge byway of a DIM factor. Making it easy for the operator, the system can utilize Bluetooth barcode scanners for to pair waybill numbers with weight and dimension measurements.

The SkidWeigh ED3/4-GSS also has numerous data communication supports, ranging from Bluetooth printers, USB export activity reports and even wireless communication that is network viewable. The system is easily installed in approximately 2 hours on any material handling vehicle including electric pallet trucks and calibrates in minutes. The SkidWeigh ED3/4-GSS provides certainty for all shipping departments.