Optimizing carton, pallet, and load space significantly enhances efficiency and cost savings. Our e-guide shows you the transformative impact of ORTEC’s optimization technologies to streamline warehousing, reduce costs, and improve sustainability.
Carton, Pallet, and Load Optimization Scenarios
Carton, pallet, and vehicle optimization adds value across your supply chain. Implementing optimization in one area supports subsequent processes, impacting operational efficiency throughout the organization. Here are four scenarios where companies have used these technologies to reduce costs and gain a competitive edge. Keep reading for more information on how they did it.
1. Intercompany, Demand-based, and FTL Planning
2. Order Management
3. Multi-Stop Pallet and Load Optimization
4. Warehouse
Implementing optimization adds value across your supply chain. Optimizing one area supports subsequent processes, impacting operational efficiency throughout the organization.
1. Intercompany, Demand-based, and FTL Planning
Optimizing truck utilization upstream, before order creation, brings substantial savings. A high degree of utilization can be achieved by not limiting planning based on predefined orders. Consider using an optimizer to maximize transports based on demand, need-by-date, vendor managed inventory (VMI), or other priorities.
2. Order Management
Implementing pallet and load optimization during the order entry phase helps businesses improve processes and efficiencies in several areas, enabling sales teams and customers to make more informed decisions and adding value through better customer service.
3. Multi-Stop Pallet and Load Optimization
Consolidating multiple deliveries on a single truckload or transport for multi-stop routes can be a difficult task. There are many goals to consider – some of which may conflict – to find the most optimal solution for packing pallets and loads.
4. Warehouse
Using an optimizer for pallet and load optimization provides a sustainable way to produce optimal results in the warehouse. Pallet and loading optimizers streamline the planning process to produce optimal, standardized, and sustainable results.
General Benefits of Carton, Pallet, and Load Optimization Technologies
Using ORTEC solutions presents positive impacts across on your supply chain operations. The cases above are only some examples of how optimizers have been implemented at companies. There are many more. The list below outlines some of the potential areas in which benefits can be achieved using mathematic algorithms to optimize in your cartonization, pallet building, and load planning processes.
- Cost Reduction: By decreasing the number of transports, optimizing transport and pallet utilization, and reducing warehouse man-hours, businesses achieve significant cost savings. Additionally, these technologies support strategic logistics decisions and streamline planning tasks.
- Reporting: Detailed utilization statistics help identify areas for improvement and enable more informed decision-making.
- Quality: Standardizing the palletizing and loading process improves consistency and reduces damaged goods. It also facilitates new strategic uses of the staging area and planning innovations.
- Service: Optimized processes mean fewer pallets for customers to handle and the ability to customize pallet builds according to customer specifications, enhancing overall customer service.
- Sustainability: Optimization leads to fewer transports and a reduction in the use of wooden and plastic pallets, thereby decreasing the carbon footprint of logistics operations.
- Safety: Accurate calculations of axle weight and center of gravity ensure safer transports. Implementing business rules for pallet building leads to more stable loads and minimizes the risk of overloading trucks.
Optimization technologies offer a wide array of benefits that will revolutionize logistical processes, and many leading companies are leveraging these advantages to gain a competitive edge.
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See our complete exploration of the four key areas where companies are leveraging ORTEC’s pallet and loading solutions. Explore some of the substantial benefits and practical application scenarios of using optimization technologies for carton, pallet, and load planning.
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About the Author
As the Director of Value Realization and Senior Account Manager at ORTEC, Jason Lafata brings over 19 years of dedicated expertise in leveraging mathematics to unlock value in the logistics domain. With a keen focus on helping companies achieve operational excellence, Jason’s strategic approach revolves around reducing costs, improving customer service, employee satisfaction, and enhancing overall efficiency. His role involves spearheading projects that not only contribute to the financial success of organizations but also generate positive environmental impact through innovative solutions. Jason’s commitment to bridging the gap between cost efficiency and sustainability positions him as a key influencer in the intersection of logistics, technology, and environmental responsibility.
