| A potential customer wants Quick Pallet Maker to help him select which boxes to use for packing fish products and sending them using floor-loaded air freight. There are no restrictions in the air transport space. The only data the person has are the dimensions of the packages (220x180x48 mm) and the amounts to ship per order: 25, 30, 45, 60, etc. Therefore, the first step is to create a short list of standard cases with rounded dimensions as shown in the screenshot to the right. |
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| The next step is to open a new document window starting from primary package dimensions using the command from the File menu as shown in the screenshot to the right. |
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| Once the primary package window is visible, we open the "Load Multiple Packages" window using the appropriate command from the Tools menu. |
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| With the Multiple Packages window open, we enter the package dimensions and the amount that will be shipped. In this case, the dimensions are 220x180x45 and the amount is 25 items. Clicking on the "Add Package" button will add the package to the list. When ready, click on the "Done" button. |
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| The next step is to select "Fill Standard Cases" from the menu towards the bottom-left of the Primary Package window. You will notice that the primary package area is greyed out because the information was entered through a separate window. |
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| After that has been done, select "Recalculate" from the Tools menu. |
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| Quick Pallet Maker should show a pallet with three boxes that together contain the 25 items that are to be shipped. Please note that the product will not be shipped on such an inefficient pallet. |
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| If we go back to the primary package input window using the "Change Data" command from the Tools menu, we can open again the Multiple Packages window and change the amount to 60. After recalculating, Quick Pallet Maker will determine that for a load of 60 items, two bigger boxes take less space. |
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| For the sake of the example (even if the boxes won't be shipped in pallets), we use the Layer Editor to flatten the load by positioning better the top box. |
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| Once this has been done, the resulting pallet load will look like the one in the screenshot to the right. |
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| The customer has also requested that Quick Pallet Maker produce a Shipping List or Bill Of Materials to print out when shipping out the packages. For this case, QPM has a feature that uses a XSLT template to convert the list of items in the pallet to a HTML file, using the File -> Export -> Pallet -> HTML Bill Of Materials command. Please note that the XSLT file is located in the Templates folder that is in the same folder as QPM and can be edited or copied and edited to fit the particular needs of a customer. |
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| The resulting HTML file can be viewed with a web browser as shown in the attached screenshot or through this link. |
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