How to control product stacking using the Stacking Matrix
Cube-IQ can stack fragile products automatically on top of medium and heavy products.
Below is a load where products are poorly stacked on top of each other, products have not been assigned stack codes.
Green heavy box of metal pewter mugs are stacked on top of
the load, while red fragile box of wine glasses are stacked at bottom of the
load. Notice the Stack code column is blank.
Use stack codes to control how products are stacked.
Add a stack code by clicking the blue plus button.
Remove a stack code by: 1) highlighting the code, and 2)
clicking the blue minus button
Stack codes can be edited by retyping their names and
descriptions.
The stack code for this exercise have been renamed: 1)
Fragile, 2) Light, and 3) Heavy
Stacking Matrix is where stack code instructions are saved,
such as instructing where the fragile code is stacked.
Access the stack matrix by: 1) clicking the nabla in top
ribbon, 2) clicking Data button in left panel, and 3) clicking Stacking Matrix
The Stack Matrix window is where a table illustrates which
stack code can be placed on top of another.
The Stack Code title of a row can be stacked on the Stack
Code title of a column by typing a “Y” where their common cell intersect. For
example, the Fragile code can be placed on top of the Heavy code if a “Y” is
typed in the top right cell where Fragile row intersects with the Heavy column.
Below is an example where:
- the Fragile row illustrates fragile cannot stack on
another fragile on account of no “Y” in fragile column, Fragile can however
stack on the other two stack codes on account of a “Y” in Light and Heavy
Column
- the Light row illustrates light cannot stack on
fragile, light however can stack upon another light or heavy on account of a
“Y” in the Light and Heavy Column
- and last but not lease is the Heavy row where heavy cannot stack on fragile or light on account of no “Y” in their column, however it can stack on another heavy on account of the “Y’ in its Heavy column.
Click Save to save changes.
Each product in Cube-IQ has a “Stacking on other Products”
area where it be assigned a Stack Code.
The “Stacking on other Products” area is accessed by: 1)
clicking Products ribbon, 2) Clicking the Stacking tab, and 3) clicking on the
stack code dropdown menu
Stack codes can be assigned to each product below to ensure
products are stacked appropriately.
Here are the green boxes of pewter mugs assigned as heavy.
Here is the optimized result when stack codes are applied.
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