| This example deals with the utilization of boxes with standard dimensions (off-the-shelf boxes). The standard box list is located in a special window where boxes can be added or removed. To see this window, select "Standard Cases and Pallets" from the Window menu as in the graphic at right. |
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| In this window, you will be able to add, edit, disable or remove standard cases. To add a box, select one and then use the "Duplicate" item in the Edit menu. This will create a new box at the bottom of the list. To edit the box dimensions, select it from the list and then double-click it. To disable a box, deselect the checkbox that is located left of the dimensions. To remove a box from the list, select it and then use the "Clear" item in the Edit menu. |
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| The next step is to open an Input Window starting from the primary package and selecting "Use ONLY standard cases" from the central menu in the Input Window. |
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| After using the Recalculate function, Quick Pallet Maker will generate a list of standard boxes and pallets that were generated with this input data. |
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| Although not apparent in the box view, QPM has added slack to the packages in order to use the standard cases. In other words, the load is "loose" in the case. The "View Box Contents" option is useful for showing this slack inside the case. |
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| Another way to enter the standard case dimensions is to copy the data from a spreadsheet application (such as MS Excel) or from any text file that contains columns separated by tabs. In this part of the example, we will delete the cases that we do not need by selecting them first... |
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| ...and then clicking on the "Del" or "Backspace" key (Windows) or on the "Del" or "Delete" key (Mac OS). The resulting list (we are working with metric units in this case) should look like the one in the screenshot at right. |
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| The next step is to grab the tab-delimited text from a document. In this case, we are copying it from Windows Wordpad, which is included in the most recent Windows OS versions. We select the "copy" command to bring the text onto the clipboard. The order of the columns is the following: Box Length, Width, Height, Category (the type that will appear in the standard cases menu), Top to Bottom Compression, Code and Description. |
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| Once we are back into QPM (please remember to not click on the whitespace in the table), we can paste the data and the result should look like in the screenshot at right. |
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