Panasonic is a Japanese transnational corporation, one of the world’s largest electronics manufacturers, with hundreds of branches and offices distributed in dozens of countries and regions in Asia, Europe, America, Oceania. Panasonic China is a branch of Panasonic in China with its business covering consumer electronics, home appliances, general and industrial appliances, electronic components, communication systems and various equipment, system engineering and other fields. Panasonic China is one of the leading consumer electronics brands in the Chinese market. So why did we choose the cargo loading plan software LoadMaster among its other competitors? Let’s figure it out.

Panasonic China has a wide range of products with varying sizes and large shipping quantities, making manual container loading calculation time-consuming and laborious. Furthermore, palletizing cargoes is necessary before loading them into containers, complicating the process further. Human labor is unable to calculate an accurate and efficient load plan, resulting in wasted space and higher shipping costs. Therefore, there is a necessity to increase the container utilization rate to decrease freight costs. After comparing with other similar softwares, the cargo loading plan software LoadMaster stood out.

With the help of LoadMaster cargo loading plan software, loads of cargo and container information can be imported to the load calculator in the way of cargo excel template. What’s more, the basic information and attributes of frequently shipped cargoes and containers can be saved into the cargo loading plan software’s database to avoid repeated input work when next time we need to transport the same cargoes and containers. It’s also very convenient to find a certain loading solution in task history.

LoadMaster cargo loading plan software can not only meet all our loading requirements but also help us to choose the most suitable pallet after we import the sizes of several pallets that we often use to the container loading software.

The 3D load plan diagram can show us clearly how the cargoes are loaded in containers. The load plan can be shared to mobile platforms to guide on-site loading.

As to the real benefits this cargo loading plan software has brought to us, the container utilization rate has been improved by 10% and the working efficiency has also been increased by 83%.

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

When calculating how to stack boxes on a pallet, it is generally required that the cargoes of different orders cannot be mixed, that is, only the cargoes of the same order are allowed to be mixed. Can LoadMaster container stuffing software realize it and how? Let’s use an example to explain. The cargo data is as follows:

Corresponding loading requirements are as follows:

1. The cargo cannot be placed as the length is vertical to the ground.
2. When palletizing, only A and B can be mixed on the same pallet, the others cannot be mixed.
3. Calculate how to pallet the goods and what kind of pallet is suitable.
4. The height of the pallet is limited to 1.2 meters (including the height of the pallet itself), and 5cm is allowed to extend in the length and width directions.

According to the current loading requirements, the task type [Loading Flat Pallet/Multi Cargoes] should be selected.
Since it is required that cargo cannot be placed as the length is vertical to the ground, that is “lay” and “lay & rotate” are not allowed, fill in “0” under the “allowed” column of these two orientations. “0” means not allowed such load orientation, leave it blank or “1” means allowed.

Since it is required that only A and B can be mixed on a pallet, and others cannot be mixed, it is necessary to set the same group name for cargo A and B, which can be mixed , and set different group names for cargoes which can not be mixed. The group name can be numbers, Chinese characters, and letters. In this case, letters are used to define.

Since there are no specified pallets, add the frequently used pallets, 1200×1000mm and 1100×1100mm into the container stuffing software. Set the [maximum load height] of the pallet to “120CM”, and the extend size to “5cm”.

Then set loading rules, uncheck [Allow different groups of cargoes to be mixed in one container].

Click [Loading Plan] and you can see that the cargoes are loaded by two pallets of 1100×1100 and two pallets of 1200×1000. Through the 3D load plan diagram, you can see that only Cargo A and Cargo B are mixed, and no others are mixed, which fully meets the loading requirements.

Do you have the same pallet loading problem of not mixing different orders of cargoes? LoadMaster container stuffing software can help you load your shipping containers the best way! !

Trane Air Conditioning Company is one of the well-known brands in the international air-conditioning manufacturing industry. Its main products include central air-conditioning, household air-conditioning and other series, which are widely used in commercial and household fields. Our products are sold to many countries and regions around the world. Trane air conditioning system (China) CO. LTD is a branch of Trane Group in China and has been cooperating with LoadMaster cargo load optimization software for 8 years.

TRANE logo and LoadMaster logo.

So why did LoadMaster earn our attention in the competition with other competitors? Let’s check it out!

Since our products are very large in size and have various parameters, plus that some equipment can not be stacked with other cargoes, the container utilization rate is quite low, resulting in unnecessary freight costs. Under such circumstance, it’s both hard and time-consuming to calculate an optimal load plan.

Complex calculation.

However, with the help of LoadMaster, it would only take 15 minutes (including the time spent adjusting the details in each container) to calculate container loading, greatly improving the working efficiency. The container utilization rate has also been greatly uplifted with each container loading more cartons, significantly reducing the freight costs. What’s more, the 3D load plan diagram can clearly show the details of each cargo in every container such as the name, quantity and so on.

Fast computing speed.

Detailed cargo information on 3d load plan.

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

DB Schenker is a leading global logistics and supply chain solutions provider, one of the world’s top 500 companies, and one of the world’s largest logistics service providers. DB Schenker has an extensive transportation and logistics network covering major economic regions around the world, providing customers with integrated services such as sea, air, land and freight forwarding. Schenker China Ltd., a branch of DB Schenker, is one of the leaders in China’s logistics field. We have been working with the online cargo loading software LoadMaster for so many years.

As a huge company, our business tasks often include transporting various kinds of cargoes with different sizes and the scenario that we frequently come across is that cargoes of dozens of types are required to be loaded into the same truck. In the less-than-truckload transportation, trunk line cargoes are under more complicated loading requirements like heavy ones are mixed with light ones. Under such complex circumstance, the calculation of a reasonable loading solution is almost impossible even for a experienced master. Is there any probability that a certain load planning software can meet all our needs?

A woman asking for help.

Therefore comes our lifesaver, the container loading software LoadMaster.

With the help of it, we can quickly get 2 kinds of accurate optimal loading solutions, one of which can achieve highest container utilization rate and the other of which can cost least. Working efficiency has been greatly improved, for example the same workload used to take 1 hour now only takes 15minutes. The key data can be saved into the online cargo loading software to decrease repeated input work. The clear 3D load plan diagram can be shared to mobile platforms to guide on-site loading, greatly increasing on-site working efficiency.

Container selection rule “Minimize costs”.

Fast computing speed.

Costs decrease greatly.

Hisense is a prominent player in the consumer electronics industry and has established itself as a global leader. Hisense TV is a leading brand under Hisense. It specializes in manufacturing and selling a wide range of high-quality televisions. With a strong market presence and extensive product offerings, Hisense TV has established itself as a competitive player in the industry.

Hisense website screenshot.

Nowadays, the volume of exported loose cargo orders is increasing, and each market has specific requirements for container loading. Before using LoadMaster online container loading optimization software, we use manual container loading calculation. Manual calculation of container load plan is time-consuming and inaccurate, and it cannot cover all orders. In the past, the number of containers ordered was based on past experience, often resulting in overbooking or underbooking, which greatly affected delivery time. On-site container loading relied on the experience of filling personnel, often leading to temporary adjustments during the loading process. What’s worse is that some certain cargo is found to be loaded into the container by mistake and then the whole container of cargoes need to be unloaded and reloaded. There are also occurrences of incorrect loading, missing pieces, left not-loaded cargoes, and insufficient containers. Therefore we wonder if there is an online container loading optimization software that can help us and meet the following loading requirements.

Considering our current loose cargo export plan and the specific container loading requirements in the market, the container loading software needs to meet the following requirements:

1. Able to calculate both pallet loading and container loading plan.
2. Capable of importing data in batches, enabling simultaneous pallet loading and container loading.
3. Support for calculating different groups cargoes to be loaded onto pallets and into containers.
4. Manual edit for temporary changes.
5. Set placement orientation and location according to different loading capacities, loading priority and so on.
6. Output of palletizing and container loading plans in the form of Excel spreadsheets, including packing list and loading steps.
7. User-friendly interface and easy to learn and operate.

We feel very fortunate to work with LoadMaster which has brought our company numerous real benefits.

First, cargo data can be imported in batches through Excel template and we can set parameters in the template to meet some loading requirements.

Add cargo through excel template.

Parameters Stacking Orders and Loading Sequence.

Second, “2-steps Loading”combines both pallet loading calculation and container loading calculation and can offer a load plan including both pallet loading and container loading, greatly improving the working efficiency.

A 3d two-steps loading plan.

Third, clear 3D step-by-step interactive diagram can be used to guide on-site loading. And load plans can be exported in the form of Excel spreadsheets, including packing list and loading steps. Last but not least, the manual edit can adapt to some temporary container loading changes.

Play buttons to click to display step-by-step loading.

Packing list report.

In short, LoadMaster software fully meets our loading requirements and significantly reduces the workload of manual calculations, enabling accurate loading and step-by-step guidance for on-site container loading. In the future, as the optimization of loose cargo operations and advancement of packaging standardization, LoadMaster will bring greater convenience to the production and container loading of loose cargo.

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

Have you ever complained that manual container loading calculation not only consumes time and effort but also has a high risk of errors, resulting in low loading efficiency? In such situations, LoadMaster truck and container loading software can solve all the difficulties you face.

This is people loading cargoes into a container on site.

When exporting goods from industries such as furniture and hardware manufacturing, different cargoes require different stacking arrangements due to variations in their size and loading capacities. For example, heavier cargoes cannot be placed on top of lighter ones, as it may lead to cargo damage. Additionally, when stacking a great amount of cargoes of different types, it is usually required to stack the same type of cargoes together for the convenience of on-site cargo sorting. How to calculate an optimal load plan meeting all these complex loading requirements?

Cargo waiting to be loaded into a container.

What’s more, manual container loading calculation often gives inaccurate quantity of containers needed, which leads to inaccurate container booking, overbooking or underbooking. In case of overbooking, additional round-trip expenses for excess containers need to be paid. On the other hand, underbooking may require rebooking containers, extending the time for loading cargoes, impacting shipping speed, and causing unnecessary losses to the company. How to calculate an accurate load plan to guarantee on-time shipment?

Cargo shipping scene.

Haizhige Furniture Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is stuck with this tricky situation. Haizhige is a leading company in the furniture manufacturing industry in Jiangsu Province, China. With a focus on quality and craftsmanship, the company specializes in the production of high-quality furniture for both residential and commercial sectors. It boasts a large-scale production facility equipped with advanced machinery. Let’s take a look at their share!

Different kinds of furniture display.

“While searching for container loading software online, we accidentally discovered LoadMaster and decided to give it a try. During the trial period, we found that this software not only fulfilled the loading requirements of not stacking heavy items over light ones but also facilitated grouping same type of cargoes. Moreover, it enabled accurate container booking, minimizing losses to the company. As a result, we officially started using LoadMaster in 2019 and noticed a significant improvement in work efficiency.

Other experiences we gained from using LoadMaster include:
1.Saving time spent on calculating container loading plans. Previously, it took us two hours to manually calculate a load plan. However, with LoadMaster container loading calculator, we can now complete a plan within minutes.
2.Achieving a container utilization rate of 65 cubic meters in a 40HC, an increase of over 10% compared to manual container loading calculation.
3. Realizing precise booking of containers, avoiding losses caused by underbooking or overbooking.
4. Enhancing container loading efficiency. Pallets are first organized by style based on the 3D loading step diagram. Compared to before, it only takes about an hour to complete the whole loading process, an increase of 50% of working efficiency.”

Loading staff loading cargo on site.

3d load plan display

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

LoadMaster container loading simulation software adopts a multi-user product system architecture, supporting multiple users to log in and use simultaneously. When multiple users are created under a tenant, the users can be grouped and their task operations can be restricted.

If there are multiple people in a company using this software and the executives want to store and manage data centrally, they can create multiple users under one tenant to achieve data sharing. At the same time, user permissions can be set for data central management.

After multiple users are created under a tenant, these users can be divided into groups and limited the operations to perform on a task. For example, company A has some branch offices. In order to facilitate management, all branch offices share a tenant, but the data should not be shared between offices, which requires to assign different shared groups for different offices.

How to assign shared groups in the LoadMaster? Let’s take a look!

1.Enable Group Share
The function of “Share Group” is disabled by default, and the administrator of the tenant needs to manually open it. In [Administration>Settings>User Management], check the [Enable Group Share], and finally click [Save All], and then log out and log in.
This setting can only be set by the administrator, other users cannot see this setting.

Group Management
In [Administration>Share Group], click [Create Group] in the upper right corner.
In the pop-up box, set the group name, add members of this group and define member roles, and then click [OK].

Add member and edit the role.

The created group can be modified or deleted. After the member logs out and logs in again, the modification takes effect.

Can modify and delete the created group.

3.Roles of members

• Each group has 4 roles: Admin, Manger, Editor, Guest. Permission priority: Admin>Manger>Editor>Guest.
• Approval is a status, which means that the plan has been reviewed and almost does not need to be modified. You can click the “Approve” button directly to approve a task.

Approve sign.

• Tasks that a user can approve include tasks that are not approved and belong to [a group that she/he has at least Manger Role].
• Everyone can see the tasks created by her/him and all the tasks belonging to [the group she/he belongs to].
• Tasks that a user can edit include:
  Unapproved tasks: tasks created by her/him or tasks belonging to [groups that she/he has at least Editor Role].

Approved tasks: tasks that belong to [groups that she/he has at least Manger Role].

• Tasks that a user can delete include:
  Unapproved tasks: tasks created by her/him or tasks belonging to [groups that she/he has at least Manager Role].
  Approved tasks: tasks that belong to [groups that she/he has at least Admin Role].
• When a user modifies a task’s share group, the share group can only be changed to [groups the she/he has at least Editor Role].
  After creating a task, in the “Basic Information” panel, you can select the task’s share group.

Can select share groups.

4.Case study
A corporation has four branches, A, B, C, and D. The data between the branches is not shared. The administrator in headquarters wants to view and manage all tasks of A, B, C, and D. How to define it?

1.The administrator in headquarters uses the “admin” tenant to create new users account for the branches. Follow the steps above to enable the “group share” function and create four groups A, B, C, and D.

2.Add the administrator to the four groups A, B, C, and D respectively, that is, only the member of the group can see the data of of such group.

3.When members in one group start a task, they must select the [Task’s share group] that the task belongs to. If not, only the creator can see the task, and other members of the group cannot see it.

Role assignment:
There are 4 roles: Admin, Manger, Editor, and Guest can be assigned to group members. Permission priority: Admin>Manger>Editor>Guest.

1.Guests can only view the tasks created by other members in the group; they can also edit, delete, and share tasks created by themselves, but cannot select the task’s share group so that other members of the group cannot see it.

2.When Members of the group (except Guest) create a task and then select the task’s share group

• Before the task is approved
  Admin and Manger can approve, edit, delete, and share all tasks.
  Editor can edit and share all tasks, but can only delete tasks created by themselves.
  Guest can only view the tasks.
• After the task is approved
  Admin can edit, share and delete the task.
  Manger can edit and share the task.
  Editor and Guest can only view the task.

LoadMaster truck load optimization software is dedicated to providing clients with highly optimized container load plans, helping improve efficiency in various stages of production and transportation, while effectively reducing enterprise costs. This truck load calculator helps users enable the who shipping process predictable, controllable, and traceable.

So, how does it achieve predictability, control, and traceability? Let’s take a look!

First, predictable. While communicating with buyers on the orders, the sales personnel can use the 3D interactive load plan to let the buyer know about the container loading situation in a fast manner. How many containers are used, the container utilization rate and other details can all be seen from the 3D load plan. After that, the sales personnel can provide clients with a fast and accurate quotation. If there are left not-loaded cargoes or a lack of cargoes, the personnel can recommend the buyer to decrease or increase the cargo quantity to achieve Full Container Load to make the best use of container space. In this way, the client satisfaction will be elevated and potential clients won’t leave.

More space to increase cargo quantity in a container.

Decrease cargo quantity.

Second, controllable. With the help of LoadMaster, the sales personnel can recommend the buyer to increase or decrease orders with reference to the 3D load plan diagram to schedule the shipping process ahead of time. With an intelligent algorithm, a load plan can be calculated within seconds and the evaluation of the load plan can be finished via the 3D diagram. The manual edit can also meet some personalized loading requirements. While on-site loading, even inexperienced filling personnel can achieve accurate loading according to the step-by-step loading plan.

Hold hands to represent cooperation.

Third, traceable. In case of the buyer discovering cargo damage or a lack of cargoes, the 3D step-by-step diagram can be used to determine which stage goes wrong.

According to the feedback of ADHOME Furniture Co., Ltd., which is a is a leading company in the furniture industry, specializing in the manufacturing of high-quality furniture, LoadMaster can also help schedule the production with reference to the loading details to avoid the potential stockpile of inventory.

Stagnant inventory.

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

With the diversification of market demands, the manufacturing industry is receiving numerous customized orders of ODM and OEM products. It is crucial to ensure that customized products can all be shipped with the same quantity as the order. Otherwise, they can become stagnant inventory, causing significant losses to the company. So, is there an online container loading software that can help achieve accurate loading?

Palletized cargo waiting to be loaded into a container.

Let’s take a look at the share from Mr. Huang in Shatian Hanjun Metal Products Factory about how LoadMaster container loading calculator addressed this issue.

Shatian Hanjun Metal Products Factory, located in Dongguan, is a metal products manufacturing company. It specializes in producing and supplying various high-quality metal products, primarily serving industries such as construction, furniture, automotive, and electronics. With advanced production equipment and extensive manufacturing experience, it possesses strong production capacity and technical expertise.

A metal products factory.

Before using LoadMaster, as the company’s finished products were high-value and uniquely designed crafts, it was essential to accurately calculate how many containers would be needed for each order. Otherwise, there was a risk that the containers arranged may not be sufficient to accommodate all the cargoes in the order, resulting in leftover inventory that couldn’t be shipped, causing unnecessary losses.

Stagnant inventory.

Since the company’s cargoes are bulk cargoes, manual calculation for container loading is laborious and time-consuming, often taking several hours to calculate an optimal load plan. What’s more, manual filling is also time-consuming and hard.

Manual loading on site.

However, as the PIC for production management, Mr. Huang found LoadMaster has made significant improvements in both production management quality and loading speed.

It can calculate an accurate 3D load plan right after a potential buyer has made the order. If there is still remaining space in the container, sales personnel can use the 3D interactive view to communicate with the buyer and recommend the buyer to increase the cargo quantity to make the best use of container space. This is a win-win cooperation, because the seller can have more orders and the buyer can get cargoes with lower shipping costs.

Space where more cargoes can be added in a container.

LoadMaster has brought us real benefits depending on its professionalism and we decided to cooperate with it in the long term.

Sometimes, palletized container loading is a better option compared to floor container loading, making it more complicated to calculate both how many cargoes fit in a pallet and how many pallets fit into a container, especially to calculate mixed cargo loading. Under such circumstances, calculating a reasonable load plan is beyond human minds. Let’s see how LoadMaster pallet loading calculator solve this problem.

For example, there is an order of cargoes required to be palletized container loading. The cargo information and loading requirements are as follows.

Cargo dimensions.

Loading requirements:

1. Cargoes cannot be placed with their length vertical to the container ground.
2. Only Cargo A and Cargo B can be mixed to be placed on one pallet.
3. Pallet size is 1100×1300×140mm.

Since it is required to calculate mixed pallet loading. Click “Loading flat pallets-multi cargoes”.

Loading task type: multi cargo pallet loading.

Then choose to add cargoes through Excel template. Since “Cargoes cannot be placed with their length vertical to the container ground”,fill in the columns of “Lay “ “Lay&Rotate” with “0”, which means that they are not allowed to “Lay” and “Lay&Rotate”. Then set the group name of Cargo A and Cargo B as the same such as “ab”.

Set group name in the template.

Disallow “Lay”, “Lay&Rotate”.

Next add the pallet.

Add the pallet.

Then set the loading rules. Since only Cargo A and B can be mixed, so uncheck “Allow different groups of cargoes to be mixed in one container”.

Check the rule “Allow different groups of cargoes mixed in one container”.

Click “Loading Plan”, and you can get an optimal pallet loading plan within 1 second. Through the 3D interactive view, you can see cargoes are all placed without their length vertical to the ground. And only Cargo A and Cargo B are mixed on one pallet. All loading requirements are met.

Cargo A and Cargo B are mixed on one pallet.

Cargo C on the pallet.

Cargo D on the pallet.