Keeping the balance of the container is of great significance especially when loading heavy cargoes. Because the offset of the center of gravity may lead to cargo damage during the shipping process, which will result in unnecessary shipping costs.

For example: if the offset of the center of gravity is not within a reasonable range while lifting the container on and off at the terminal, there is a risk of the container falling, causing serious cargo damage and other economic losses.

In general, transportation authorities have strict constraints on the offset of the center of gravity. If the offset is not within the constrained range, there will be penalties such as adjustment fees, high fines, or being required to be pulled back to reload, which will not only cause huge economic losses but also delays in delivery and inability to deliver goods on time, in the end resulting in reduced customer satisfaction, customer complaints and even loss of customers.

The reason why the offset of the center of gravity may cause these tricky problems for companies is because purely depending on the manual loading experience isn’t scientific enough to predict the potential offset degree, therefore may causing immeasurable losses to the enterprise.

For example, a motorcycle parts company in Chongqing , China has a lot of orders of cargoes that need to be transported through railway. It often happens that the center of gravity offset does not meet the requirements of the Chongqing Railway Bureau, resulting in high fines, and the inability to deliver goods to customers on time because of reloading. This has brought them a lot of trouble. It wasn’t until they used LoadMaster load planning software that the problem was solved.

So, how does LoadMaster load planning software help various companies deal with the offset of the center of gravity? Let’s take a look!

When calculating the load plan, LoadMaster also provides a balance analysis of the center of gravity offset enabling users clearly see the the offset degree and allowing the offset of the center of gravity predictable and controllable.

Center of gravity balance analysis for railway authorities: By checking the “front and rear weight offset” and “left and right weight offset”, fines can be avoided as long as the goods are within the required range of offset.

Center of gravity balance analysis for ocean shipping: Users can know about the offset degree by checking the “Length Direction Core Offset” and “Width Direction Core Offset”. According to experiments conducted by Japanese experts, when the container is fully loaded, the safety of the cargo can be ensured if the front, rear, left, and right offsets are within 10%.

If the effect of the load plan automatically generated by the software cannot meet the requirements of the range of the center of gravity offset, you can use manual edit to adjust the placement of the cargo. On the right corner of the manual edit interface, real-time balance analysis is displayed to help check if the offset is within the required range.

In the logistics process, there are several key stages, including procurement, storage, inventory management, order picking and dispatch and transport and delivery of goods. Among these, order picking and dispatch, often referred to as loading, is the most crucial and important one. It not only enhances the utilization of container and reduces costs but also creates profits.

In the logistics industry, cargoes are generally categorized by density into Light Weight Cargo Heavy cargo and Dead Weight Cargo, with density classifications such as follows: cargo with a density of more than 1 ton per 3 cubic meters is called Light Weight Cargo, cargo with a density of less than 1 ton per 2 cubic meters is classified as Heavy Cargo, and cargo with a density ranging from 1 ton per 2.5 cubic meters to 1 ton per 3.5 cubic meters is generally referred to as Dead Weight Cargo.

It’s important to note that every container has limited cargo capacity. Their loading capacity and available volume are finite. As such, it is essential to use LoadMaster to help you with calculating cargo loading. This load planning calculator resolves the issue of how to maximize the container utilization rate without exceeding the max loading weight of container, which is essential to help decrease costs and gain more profits!

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1. How to arrange the placement of light and heavy cargo while loading?

Typically, the loading of light and heavy cargo is based on the principle that heavy cargo is placed at the bottom to maximize the container’s loading capacity, while light cargo is loaded at the top to maximize the available space or volume. The result should be that the combined weight and volume of light and heavy cargo approach the maximum allowable loading capacity and volume. However, this distribution of light and heavy cargo must be done deliberately to ensure that both weight and volume approach their respective maxima while achieving the best economic benefit.

For companies that know well about their own products, it is possible to achieve the proper loading of light and heavy cargo by setting parameters in LoadMaster such as “Stacking Orders” “Bottom Only” and “Support Others”. “Stacking Orders” is a relative value to represent the cargo’s weight-bearing capacity, with goods of higher value being placed beneath goods with lower ones. “Bottom Only” can ensure that heavy cargoes are loaded at the bottom of the container. For delicate cargoes with low weight-bearing capacity, you can prevent other goods from being placed on top by unchecking “Support Others”.

For a long time, employees of logistics companies used to load cargoes based on experience alone. While some benefits were derived from this approach, it was only based on experience. The ability to evaluate whether maximum utilization of containers or the maximum benefits of loading efficiency had been achieved was never assessed. This approach also posed challenges when new employees were brought in. By using LoadMaster load planning optimization software to calculate cargo loading, the dependence on the experience is minimized, allowing the logistics industry to adapt to the development of a younger workforce on the front lines.

Guidelines to follow when using LoadMaster:

1. Measure the actual interior dimensions of the container and input these into the software.

2. Measure the actual dimensions and weight of the cargo and input these accurately into the software. Set parameters based on the actual transportation requirements.

3. When loading, pay attention to the orientation in which the cargo is placed and stacked. Follow the software’s loading guidance rigorously.

4. During loading, analyze each case individually to arrange the loading. Based on the value of the cargo, prioritize loading higher-value cargoes when the container still has remaining space. This can be achieved by using LoadMaster, increasing quantity of higher-value cargo, and subsequently raising the overall cargo value while relatively lowering the unit product shipping costs.

5. You can calculate load plans by checking “Automatically select containers to minimize the cost of containers used for loading” in LoadMaster load planning software to ensure that the container’s utilization rate is maximized and the benefits of loading efficiency are optimized.

What you should be aware of during loading:

1. Heavy cargo should not be placed on top of light cargo. For goods that are sensitive to weight, fragile, or prone to deformation, use LoadMaster software to ensure that they are loaded on top.

2. Pay attention to the weight distribution in the container. It should not be too heavy on one side to cause a center of gravity offset. LoadMaster load planning optimization software allows you to check the real-time position of the cargo’s center of gravity and the offset. If the percentage by which the center of gravity deviates from the center of the container exceeds 10%, you can use the manual edit to adjust the cargo’s position or exchange cargo between two different containers to ensure balanced weight distribution.

3. During actual transportation, cargo that is not tightly stacked with others may shift during transit, potentially leading to cargo damage. LoadMaster load planning optimization software can predict the positions of high-value cargo. When necessary, you can add the buffer material to protect these cargoes.

LoadMaster has been widely adopted in the electrical and mechanical equipment industry, winning various famous companies such as SAIC Motor Group, Hisense Thyssen Elevator and so on.

Arrange the loading of light and heavy cargoes in a reasonable way can help reduce product damage. LoadMaster helps you load more and profit more!

Global economic downturn has had a significant impact on industries such as manufacturing, logistics, and foreign trade. In the face of an economic downturn, how to maximize cost reduction and efficiency improvement has become a top priority for companies. How can you reduce operating costs for your enterprise? LoadMaster load planning software can help improve cargo loading rate, enhance internal management, and reduce logistics costs through efficient distribution. Let’s take a look!

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1. Increasing loading rate, Reducing logistics costs

It is well-known that in transportation field, the more you can load, the more you can earn. LoadMaster optimizes the placement of goods in containers, achieving the optimal arrangement of cargo in a way that maximizes container space utilization, exceeding 95% at best. The higher the utilization, the more you can load.

For instance, a batch of goods with dimensions of 43.5 cm x 32cm x 43.5 cm, when loaded manually into a 40-foot container, may fit 945 boxes. Using LoadMaster load planning software, the calculation may result in loading up to 1,043 boxes. This data shows that LoadMaster’s loading solution, compared to manual calculations, can improve loading rate by 10.37%. As a result, it significantly reduces logistics costs, as you no longer have to pay for “shipping air”.

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2. Adapting to a young Workforce, reducing Labor costs

As society and the economy evolve, frontline employees are becoming younger and more energetic. However, their lack of experience, particularly in roles like container loading staff, can be a significant challenge. Loading containers may seem simple, but it is more complex than it appears. Effective container loading requires making the most use of container space, securing goods in place to avoid cargo damage, and creating a visually appealing and secure loading arrangement. A well-executed container loading operation can reflect a company’s business and management level, and, most importantly, leave a positive impression on customers.

For instance, a batch of goods that can be loaded entirely by an experienced loader in 23 hours might take 45 hours for an inexperienced loader, possibly leading to misloading and reloading, resulting in much time wasted. In today’s environment of rising labor costs, the employment costs for experienced container loaders are significantly higher than those for inexperienced loaders. With LoadMaster, even inexperienced loading green hands can load the container in a highly effective way. This can lead to cost savings for businesses, as less experienced loaders can be hired.

Using LoadMaster, especially for goods with diverse specifications and dimensions, takes only a few minutes, ensuring accurate loading results. With clear 3D visualization and detailed loading steps, even novice loaders can refer to the step-by-step instructions to avoid misloading or reloading, compensating for the lack of experience and helping businesses improve container loading and unloading efficiency while reducing labor costs.

3. Enabling loading process manageable, Enhancing management

An enterprise’s level of management directly affects its success. Enhancing management quality is critical for increasing a company’s overall performance. How can businesses use LoadMaster to improve their management processes, eliminate management blind spots, and achieve transparency in container loading and unloading?

With it, companies can predict how many goods can fit in a container, how these goods should be arranged, and how long the process will take. This allows companies to proactively plan their logistics operations. Businesses can also use LoadMaster to gain real-time insights into the logistics and distribution of goods and provide guidance to warehouse workers to ensure they load containers according to the plan. This reinforces the execution of warehouse workers and helps control the loading pace, ultimately improving the efficiency of shipping. Furthermore, LoadMaster’s 3D container loading diagrams can help quickly locate goods that customs authorities may want to inspect, which expedites the customs clearance process.

LoadMaster is not just a load planning software but a significant driver for increasing enterprise revenue. Faced with rising costs of raw materials and labor, what are you waiting for?

This picture shows a container fully loaded with cargoes.

Are you from the furniture industry? Then you must know well about the features of products from this industry and their complex loading requirements. Let’s take a look!

1.The need to avoid cargo damage since some furniture products are sensitive to the pressure of weight.
2.Difference of packaging style for different products
3.Some products would be disassembled into different parts and then shipped, so the quantity of different parts should be in a certain ratio.(eg. A set of office furniture is shipped in the form of 1 office table and 4 chairs. The ratio of table and chair is 1:4. Therefor the quantity of tables and chairs should be in the proportion of 1:4.)
4.There is a sequence between different orders from different customers, requiring some orders of products need to be loaded earlier and some later.
5.Furniture products are gradually tailored to customers. ODM and OEM mode are gradually popular in the manufacturing of furniture products, thus having high demands for accurate loading.
6.If the container is not full, some certain item can be regarded as not-urgent-to-load so their quantity depends on the rest remaining space in container.

The picture shows different kinds of furniture.

How to meet all these complicated loading requirements? LoadMaster can give you the answer!

1.Avoid cargo damage as much as possible.

①Based on different load-bearing capacity, LoadMaster provides 6 placement methods for each item. Under different placement method, users can determine the maximum stacking layers and if other items can be placed on top of this item.

The “Stand” “Stand&Rotate” in the template.

The “Side” “Side&Rotate” in the template.

The “Lay” “Lay&Rotate” in the template.

②Parameter “Stacking Orders” can be set to differentiate various items with different load-bearing capacities, defining the stacking relations of them. The value of the stacking orders indicates the loading capacity of the cargo. Cargoes with large stacking orders will be placed under cargoes with small stacking orders. The stacking orders is a relative value. The larger the value, the stronger the loading capacity, and it will be placed lower.

Stacking Orders column in the software.

2.Some items are packaged in cartons then loaded into containers, others are packaged into cartons first, then on pallets and last loaded into containers. When it comes to mixing cartons and palletized cargoes, “Two steps loading” task type can integrate both palletization and containerization in one loading solution.

Two-steps loading task.

3d load plan of a two-steps loading task.

3.Set these parts as a same set and then define the quantity of them in one set. Parameter “Cargo Set Name” and “Quantity in Cargo Set” need to be defined by users.

“Cargo set name” and “Quantity in cargo set” columns in the software.

4.When the loading demands involve specifying which cargoes are loaded first, and which cargoes are loaded later, users can set the Loading Sequence. The loading sequence is a relative value, the larger the value, the earlier the cargoes are loaded, and vice versa.

Set the loading sequence in the template.

5.With accurate cargo data including dimension and reasonably setting loading parameters and rules, the accurate loading can be guaranteed based on the 3D loading guidance, avoiding the risk of reloading because the container cannot accommodate all the cargoes.

6.When the container is not full and a certain cargo which is not urgent to be loaded can be used to fill in the remaining space, users can set the parameter “Urgency” of this item as 1. And then where there is remaining space, there will be such item to be loaded, making the most use of each CM in the container.

Set the Urgency in the software.

3d load plan that shows filled cargoes filling in the remaining room in a container.

After configuring parameters according to loading requirements, LoadMaster can generate a 3D visual load plan with accompanying loading-step guide, which is convenient to help on-site loading and can help realize accurate and safe loading without the happening of mistaken cargo loading. According to LoadMaster’s tremendous clients’ feedback, the loading rate can be improved by around 10% and the work efficiency can be highly increased by over 85%, helping decrease shipping costs and increase profits for companies.

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Check how we can help furniture industry at https://blog.loadmaster.biz/2023/11/03/41/

What are the characteristics of the household appliance industry’s products, and what are their common loading requirements during the shipping process? Let’s take a look!

The household appliance industry encompasses a wide range of products, including televisions, washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, and more. Even within a single company, there may be multiple product lines, each maybe with multiple product types. This diversity results in a multitude of cargo specifications and significant differences in dimensions. Household appliance cargoes are often shipped in large quantities, leading to logistical challenges. As one of our clients pointed out, “With our business growing rapidly, daily shipments can reach hundreds of batches. Manually calculated load plan no longer meets our operational needs, and the logistics planning phase is under significant pressure.” Apart from varying specifications and dimensions, household appliance cargoes may also require careful consideration of weight distribution during loading to prevent product damage and minimize shipping losses. Additionally, the sequence of loading may be essential, especially when products are stored in different warehouses, and deliveries from various suppliers need to be coordinated.

The picture of different kinds of home appliances.

Some household appliance products require palletizing before container loading. And sometimes it is needed to mix carton-packaged cargoes with those palletized. Some products may need to be disassembled into components for transport and then reassembled upon arrival, requiring proportional loading of component parts.

This is a picture of a pallet loaded with cargo.

Addressing these complex loading requirements manually is challenging and impractical. This is where a powerful and versatile cargo loading software comes into play. LoadMaster is precisely such a saver, highly favored by many household appliance companies. With 16 years of experience in software R&D and customer service in the container loading field, LoadMaster covers 80% of well-known brands and has earned the admiration of prominent clients, including Haier, Hisense, Panasonic, Crown, Philips, TCL, Ariston, and more. Let’s explore the reasons why LoadMaster cargo loading software is beloved by so many clients!

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LoadMaster software employs state-of-the-art loading optimization algorithms. According to customer feedback, using LoadMaster can increase space utilization rate by 5%-25%. This results in fitting more goods into a container, helping businesses achieve cost-effective logistics by maximizing space utilization.

A forklift is lifting cargo to load them into the container.

LoadMaster cargo loading optimization software generate optimal load plans at high speeds, shortening the calculating time by 90% on average. Clear and intuitive 3D visual loading plans further enhance communication between departments.

Some people are loading cargo on site.

LoadMaster ensures accurate and safe loading, considering the varying weight-bearing capacities of cargoes when placed in different placement methods. This minimizes product damage during the shipping process.LoadMaster loading calculator also takes into account the center of gravity offset within containers. The software’s flexible manual editing features cater to personalized requirements. It also allows users to view 3D load plans on mobile devices, facilitating on-site loading.

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LoadMaster’s two-step loading task type combines palletizing and containerizing into a single integrated optimization process. This enhances efficiency and helps businesses design intermediate packaging dimensions more effectively. LoadMaster is the only software in the world that offers the option slip sheets, further improving space utilization. One of our clients reported, “By switching from wooden pallets to paper slip sheets and using LoadMaster, we increased our space utilization. With these changes, the maximum stacking height in a 40HQ container went from 2 meters to 2.62 meters. This significantly improved space utilization from around 60% to 92%-93%, resulting in significant cost savings.”

LoadMaster is dedicated to delivering real benefits by solving container loading challenges for its clients. If you’d like to experience the powerful features and dedicated service of LoadMaster, you can try it for free for 30 days (full functionality without times limitations). The software also offers free remote demonstration of software operations.

Check how we can help home appliances industry at https://blog.loadmaster.biz/2023/11/02/40/

Are you one of the auto parts industry? Do you have to ship some cargoes which are large in volume, extremely heavy but also high-value? Are you troubled by the security and safety in the cargo shipping process?

As for companies from auto parts industry, their shipping products primarily consist of a wide variety of automobile components coming from household vehicles, commercial vehicles, construction vehicles, buses, motorcycles, electric tricycles. These components come in various specifications, with large volumes and significant weight differences. And their packages are often complex including pallets, cartons, and wooden crates, resulting in substantial differences in packaging sizes. The value of these goods is typically high, and, to minimize product damage in the freight shipping process, companies usually put forward complex loading constraints based on cargo features. Let’s take a look on the loading requirements and how LoadMaster can help meet them.

1.The need to avoid cargo damage since the products are high-value.

①Keep the container’s or truck’s balance

Ⅰ Balance analysis to help check the offset of the center of gravity.

Balance analysis details.

Ⅱ Manual edit to help adjust some certain cargo to keep the container’s balance. LoadMaster calculator offers manual edit function for adjustments to achieve a even weight distribution within the container. Users can move, split cargo blocks and switch their piling modes. They can also add new cargoes and move cargo between containers. During manual editing, real-time updates of the container’s center of gravity are displayed.

Manual edit interface, with real time COG change.

Ⅲ Cargoes in the last-to-load not-fully-loaded containers are spread evenly on the ground to keep the container’s balance.

Loading rule “Prefer to bottom spread cargoes”.

Comparison between “not spreading” and “spreading bottom”.

②Stack cargoes based on their load-bearing capacities

Ⅰ Use parameter “Bottom Only” to determine the item placed at the bottom (As to large volume and heavy item)

Bottom only column in the software.

Bottom only column in the template.

Ⅱ Use parameter “Support Others” to determine if others can be placed on top of each item.

Support Others column in the software.

Support Others column in the template.

Ⅲ Restrict the maximum total stacking layers of items with the same max stacking layers when they are allowed to stack together (Determine these items own one same stacking code, set their max layers the same, and regard them as the same SKU to stack while loading.)

Same stack code.

Same Max Stack.

Loading rule “Same stack code treat as one type mode”.

Ⅳ Only allow items with the same or similar length and width to stack together.

Loading rule “Only allow items with the same or similar length and width to stack together”.

2.Features of shipping: Shipping in batches, with large shipment volumes for a batch, dozens or hundreds of containers shipped at once.

①Intelligently select the most reasonable/cost-effective type of container (eg. 20ft, 40ft)

Interface of adding containers.

②Advanced algorithm and high speed.
The 3D visualized loading solutions can be generated in a very quick manner.

The load plan is calculated very fastly.

③Lock well-loaded containers and only adjust certain a few containers’ loading

The interface of loacking some containers and only adjusting the rest.

As for some cargoes must first be loaded onto pallets, wooden crates,cartons, and then into containers, the software streamlines this process with a two-step loading task type. This integration optimizes the loading process, combining the initial step of loading onto pallets, boxes, or crates with the subsequent container loading. What a convenience!

Check how we can help auto parts industry at https://blog.loadmaster.biz/2023/10/31/38/

Fujitec Co., Ltd is a leader in the elevator manufacturing and installation industry, providing products and services in multiple fields such as home elevators, passenger elevators, and cargo elevators. Its products have been sold to many countries and regions around the world, including Europe, Asia, North America, South America, etc. Since 2014, it has partnered with LoadMaster cargo loading software for 9 years.

Why did they choose LoadMaster? Let’s check it out!

As a machinery manufacturing enterprise, their products are mainly elevator parts being loaded in the way of wooden boxes or just loaded as bulk cargoes. Due to the fact that the volumes and types of wooden boxes are different, the bulk cargoes are diversified, and some loading requirements are special, different cargoes cannot be stacked with each other, resulting in a time-consuming and laborious manual calculation. In this way, the working efficiency is quite low and the error rate is quite high, making the real loading almost impossible. What’s worse is that the whole shipping process and data can not be tracked which means it’s hard to operate standardized and transparent management at different steps.

With the help of LoadMaster, loads of data can be imported into the software through Excel template and some loading requirements can be met by setting parameters and loading rules in the template, greatly improving our working efficiency.

Import cargo data through Excel template.

Excel import template for cargoes.

Manual edit function can meet some of their special loading requirements. The 3d diagram can clearly present how the cargoes are loaded in containers and some details can be adjusted through manual edit if necessary. What’s equally important is that the 3d diagram can also show if each container has kept balance, the container utilization rate and the volume utilization rate. The customer service of LoadMaster is very patient and timely with which we feel very satisfied.

Manual edit button.

Balance analysis on 3d load plan.

Dalian Lucas Automotive Parts Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is a professional manufacturer specialized in producing engine and chassis components for automobiles. The main product range covers connecting rods, pistons, exhaust gas recirculation systems, power steering gears, and more. The company’s products are exported to many countries and regions, including Europe, America, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia, forming a relatively extensive market network. With a large scale and strong strength, our company is committed to providing high-quality automotive parts and services to global customers.

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Why does Lucas choose LoadMaster load planning optimization software? Let’s check it out!

Before using LoadMaster, it would take as long as 2-3 days to calculate a loading solution by human labor. But now, with the help of powerful LoadMaster load planning optimization software, it only takes 10 minutes to get an accurate load plan (including the time of adjusting details), greatly increasing our work efficiency. Thanks to Loadmaster, a container that used to load only 28 pallets now can accommodate over 30 pallets, greatly improving the container utilization rate and thereby helping us save a great amount of freight costs. What’s more, the loading solution can be shared to mobile platforms to guide on-site loading and does achieve accurate loading rather than theoretical loading.

The picture of palletized cargo.

Palletized cargo waiting to be loaded into the container.

LoadMaster has truly brought real benefits!

Check how we can help auto parts industry at https://blog.loadmaster.biz/2023/10/31/38/

As for large companies that have a large business volume, shipping hundreds of containers’ cargoes each month or each year is commonplace. This means that each shipment may include hundreds of thousands of pieces of cargo. Not to mention all kinds of complicated loading requirements. Under such circumstances, how to calculate and generate an optimal load plan in a fast and accurate manner? Solely depending on manual labor to calculate is already impossible. Load Planning software for trucks, containers, pallets may do you a favor.

But if the cargo information such as the size, which direction to load in containers or the maximum stacking layers is fixed and won’t change in each shipment, then is there a way to avoid the repetitive input of cargo information which takes so long and may result in errors? If you choose LoadMaster load planning software, the answer is a definite yes!

LoadMaster has a cargo database and a container database. Users can store the frequently used cargo and container data that for most of the time won’t change in each shipment in these two databases. Then when it comes to a new shipment, users only need to import the name and quantity of cargo for this shipment into the software. Tada! LoadMaster will automatically retrieve the cargo you need according to the cargo’s name in the software and within seconds, even hundreds of thousands of pieces of cargo data can be added to this loading task. What a speed and convenience!

And then you only need to select the container from the database and click “Calculate”. Again within seconds you will get an optimal and accurate 3D graphic load plan including hundreds of thousands of pieces of cargo. As for the loading requirements such as in which direction to load different cargo, heavy cargoes cannot press light ones, the same cargo should be placed next to each other instead of being split to different containers and so on, users can meet all these requirements by setting the parameters and loading rules via cargo template which they can maintain in the cargo database.

How to store the data in LoadMaster? Let’s take a look at the concrete procedures!

1.Store the data in cargo database:

There are two ways to store relevant cargo data which can meet different requirements in two scenarios.

①First, the cargo quantity is not large, then users can choose [directly add] to import the data to the database. Then fill in the information that may be used in the shipment as is shown in the following picture.

The editing interface of adding cargo to the database.

②Second, the cargo quantity is large. In this case, users can choose [Import from Excel] to quickly import the data via a template. [Get Excel Template]-fill in the template-[Import from Excel] at the top right of the cargo management interface.

Add cargo to the database through excel.

The import template for cargo management.

2.Store the data in container database：

There are also two methods just like cargo data management to import the container data into the database in two different scenarios.

①First, the frequently used container quantity is not large, then users can choose [directly add] to import the data to the database. Then fill in the information that may be used in the shipment as is shown in the following picture.

The editing interface of adding container to the database.

②Second, there are a large amount of different containers that may be used in shipment. In this case, users can choose [Import from Excel] to quickly import the data via a template. [Get Excel Template]-fill in the template-[Import from Excel] at the top right of the container management interface.

Add container to the database through excel.

The import template for container management.

Do you want to avoid repetitive data input? Do you want to highly improve your work efficiency and accuracy?

Have you ever been disturbed by how to avoid shipping damage to sheet goods during the shipping process? And this becomes way more complex when calculating a load plan including various goods and you also need to ensure the loading rate is not that low. Therefore, how to avoid the shipping damage for such kind of goods as much as possible? Let’s see how LoadMaster load planning optimization software helps easily realizes this !

As for shipping damage, it is a “hot potato” for many industries’ transportation process, especially commonplace for the shipping of sheet goods. And the number of stacking layers is the main factor that decides if the goods can be safely shipped, which is more important during long-distance shipping process and process with multiple transshipments. So how to make restrictions on the stacking layers of sheet goods to ensure the secure shipping? Just set the parameter “Max Stack” (the maximum number of layers that the cargo is allowed to stack on its own.).

Let’s take a look at how to set this parameter “Max Stack” in LoadMaster!

You can choose to set this parameter both in the cargo import template or in the software interface.

Max Stack in cargo import template.

In the software, go to cargo interface and click the [+] in front of each line of cargo and you will see the column of “Max Stack”. Fill in the number that this cargo can be stacked maximally. In this example, cargo VCP2520 can only be stacked for 5 layers. So fill in “5” in the column.

Support Others and Max Stack in the software.

Click “Loading Plan”, you will get an optimal load plan within seconds. In the 3D load plan diagram, you can see cargo VCP2520 is only stacked by 5 layers even if there is still remaining space on top of it, which can help avoid potential shipping damage in the shipping process.

3d load plan that shows VCP2520 only stacks for 5 layers.

Would you like to avoid shipping damage as much as possible while ensuring a relatively high loading rate in a fast manner? Give LoadMaster a chance and you will be amazed by its powerfulness!