Mixed pallet stacking: an overview and summary of the 2010 PerMIS special session
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Stephen Balakirsky, Henrik I. Christensen, Thomas Kramer, Pushkar Kolhe, Frederick ProctorAuthors Info & Claims
Stephen Balakirsky, Henrik I. Christensen, Thomas Kramer, Pushkar Kolhe, Frederick ProctorAuthors Info & ClaimsPages 62 - 68
Abstract
Stacking boxes of various sizes and contents on pallets (i.e. making mixed pallets) is a primary method of preparing goods for shipment from a warehouse to a store or other distant site. A special session of the 2010 PerMIS workshop was held to examine mixed palletizing issues. Papers were presented by end-users, vendors, researchers, and evaluators of palletizing solutions. This paper presents a summary of this session and discusses issues ranging from how to construct pallet build plans to metrics for evaluating these plans to competitions that feature novel palletizing approaches.
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