Pallet Estimation

Owned by Megan Stanage
Aug 30, 2024
2 min read

Pallet Estimation Overview

Pallet Estimation uses a simple calculation to provide an estimated count of pallets per demand line and per submission.

Pallet building is often a subjective, ad-hoc process. This estimate is valuable in determining not how to build a pallet, but how many pallets to expect. The result can be used in routing consolidation and for building pallets and loads.

You can configure default pallet dimensions to reference when estimating the number of pallets. That number then serves as the denominator for the calculation, with the demand line’s volume being the numerator.


Workflow

 Pallet Estimate Request JSON

The Request JSON contains the demand line information and, most importantly, the volume for the demand line.

This is pushed through Swagger using a pallet profile key to select the correct pallet dimensions.


 Pallet Profile Selection/Match

Each pallet profile has its own set of default pallet dimensions, and each client can have multiple pallet profiles.

The selection is based on a unique key for each pallet profile.

If the pallet key from the Request JSON matches the pallet profile, the profile is chosen to calculate against.

Configurations

Endpoints

  • Swagger


 Sum the Total Volume of Order Lines

The logic here first sums the volume for the individual demand line and then sums the volume of all demand lines for total volume of submitted lines.

Configurations

Endpoints

  • Swagger


 Divide Volume for Estimates

After volume has been calculated at both a line and header level, both values are divided by the default pallet volume set on the pallet profile.

Configurations

Endpoints

  • Swagger


 Pallet Estimate Response JSON

The Response JSON includes each demand line as it was requested.

Each demand line has the estimated pallets for that line.

The header of the JSON includes the total estimated pallets for all lines submitted.

Configurations

Endpoints

  • Swagger



FAQs

Q: Does Pallet Estimation build pallets based on container dimensions?

  • A: No, it provides only an estimate based on total volume. It does not try to build out the pallet container by container.
  • A: A more complex palletization process is on the roadmap and will contain more in-depth palletization logic.


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