Article ID: | iaor19982636 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 48 |
Issue: | 7 |
Start Page Number: | 726 |
End Page Number: | 735 |
Publication Date: | Jul 1997 |
Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
Authors: | Liu Fuh-Hwa F., Hsiao C.-J. |
Keywords: | packing, pallet loading |
The problem of finding an optimal loading layout for packing identical boxes onto a rectangular loading pallet is known as the pallet loading problem. If the boxes may be stacked on their bottom, side, or end surface, the cube utilization of a pallet will increase, but the stability of the unit load will be lost sometimes. This paper presents a method that packs rectangular boxes of the same size onto a pallet. Incorporating certain practical considerations, the method consists of five phases that maximize the degree of stability and the maximum cube utilization of a unit load.