5.1.13 How to make "stand" and "stand & rotate" are the priority load orientations.

When loading the container, sometimes the goods are required to be placed as the height is vertical to the ground as much as possible. If there is remaining space on the top of the container, cargoes can also be placed as the width is vertical to the ground by one or two layers. How to define it in LoadMaster?

Let's use an example to explain.

Cargo data:

Name	Quantity	Length（cm）	Width（cm）	Height（cm）
A	280	65	14	76
B	224	65	12.5	76
C	170	65	16	76
D	64	52.8	45	66
E	62	66.8	41	72

Loading requirements: Cargo A B C had better be placed as the height is vertical to the ground as much as possible. If there is space on the top of the container after vertical loading, it can be placed as the width is vertical to the ground by one or two layers.

Calculate this batch of goods can be loaded with how many 40HC.

According to the loading requirements, the task type [Loading Container/Multiple Cargoes] should be selected and click to enter.

Enter the [Basic Information] interface. The items in this page is optional, and users can fill in the PO number, order number or destination information according to actual work requirements for later check. Next, start to designing the plan:

Step 1: Click [Cargo] on the left to enter the cargo interface. For there are lots of cargo types, you should add them in batches by [Add Cargo>Import From Excel]. Firstly, click [Add Cargo>Get Excel Template] to download the Excel template and save it to a certain location in your computer.

Secondly, fill in the template with the cargo information. ①Copy the name, quantity, length, width, height, and weight (gross weight of a single box) of the goods into the template, which are required items. Pay attention to the matching of the units. “Weight” refers to the gross weight of a single carton or box of goods. If the cargo is too light, the “Weight” can be ignored and not filled in, and the system will default to "1".

②In this case, cargo A B C had better be placed as the height is vertical to the ground as much as possible. If there is space on the top of the container after vertical loading, it can be placed as the width is vertical to the ground by one or two layers. That is, the goods cannot be placed as the length is vertical to the ground. You should set up the placement constraints of the goods.

Fill in the "Allow" column under "lay" and "lay & rotate" as "0", "0" means not allowed, "1" or blank means allowed.

Fill in the "Max stack" column under ABC’s "Side" and "Side & rotate" with a smaller value of “2”, which is not a fixed value. When designing the plan, you can fine-tune it to choose a satisfactory plan.

Set the "Support others" column under ABC’s "Side" and "Side & rotate" to "0", "0" means not allowed, "1" or blank means allowed.

For there are no other requirements, you do not need to set other parameters, leaving them as the default value. The specific details of each parameter can be found in this guidance documentation. Save and close the template when finishing.

Thirdly, return the [Cargo] page, click [Add Cargo>Import From Excel], choose the template in the dialog box, and open it. Then the cargo information will be imported to the task.

Step 2: Click [Container] on the left to enter the [Container] interface. For the user does not know the type and quantity of container that should be used, it is necessary to add all the commonly used container types so that the system can select the most appropriate container from such containers.

For the commonly used container information is already maintained in the database, click [Import from Database], check the 20GP, 40GP and 40HC in the pop-up box, and then click [Add]. Edit the corner castings size and reserved size of the container, the size of the corner castings is 10*10*10cm. Precautions for defining the reserved size, please refer to "How to simulate carton expansion and manual interval".

Step 3: Click [Loading Rules] on the left to enter the [Loading Rules] page. For there is no special loading demands, you needn't change the default rules in this page.

Click [Optimize] above to get the loading plan. In the list on the left, you can see that this batch of goods has been loaded with one 40HC. The middle is the 3D overview of loading effect. It can be seen from the 3D diagram that most of ABC is vertical loading. Only when there is space on the top, it will lay two layers as the width is vertical to the ground, which fully meets the loading requirements.

After the scheme audit is completed, you can use your mobile phone to guide the on-site loading and download the loading report to make the packing list and customs declaration. Details please refer to this guidance book.