09/10/2026
⚙️ You probably know how many pallets your operation owns. The harder question is where they are right now, and what condition they are in.
Pallets and reusable containers are critical infrastructure, moving through complex networks of manufacturers, logistics providers and retailers. Without digital transparency, deviations surface late. Give each load carrier a digital identity and they surface early, so teams can react before the cost lands.
Marco González, Managing Director Central Europe at Tosca, shares a telling example: one service centre showed an unusually high repair and disposal rate. The cause was not asset quality; it was a process gap, with still-usable carriers being released for sorting. Digital tracking made the discrepancy visible, and once corrected it avoided significant added cost over the year.
🌱 The payoff runs two ways. Operationally: fewer losses, better availability, smoother throughput. For reporting: a digital pool supplies the data for CO₂ and sustainability disclosures and for reuse requirements under the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). His caution is worth keeping in mind, though: the goal is the right level of transparency where it pays off, rather than maximum data everywhere.
"A pool becomes not only a logistical infrastructure, but also a strategic data asset," says González, pointing to individual-asset tracking and AI-based pattern analysis as what comes next.
Where would asset-level visibility help you first: losses, availability, or sustainability reporting?
👉 Read the full interview in the Anuga FoodTec Magazine: https://bit.ly/4ibXPHW
Research contributed by DLG e.V.
📍Anuga FoodTec 2027 · Cologne · 23–26 February
