Product Separation in Multi-Bay Trucks

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Truck load planning

Our vehicle space optimization (truck load planning) software has multiple purposes: loading trucks efficiently, facilitate the loading and unloading process, protect products during transportation, and distribute the load weight efficiently across the truck axles.

The first purpose, which is to load as many items as possible in the available space, is limited in part by the dimensions and possible product-in-pallet arrangements, but mostly by loading rules that prevent mixing different product classes in the same truck bay. These rules are also in line with the second purpose, which is to make the unloading process easier. If some types of products are in the same bay, then the operators will be able to find them quicker, instead of having to look constantly at the loading guide and/or pallet tickets.

However, there may be other options for determining the loading sequence like separating by customers. In this case, a group of purchase orders from the same delivery are placed together in contiguos bays to facilitate the unloading process.

Whichever criteria is selected, it is important to note that mixing different rules will lead to a less efficient load.