AdamLeonardo
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Hi All,
I have a problem I could use some help with. I am trying to divide sales orders into pallets and haven’t been able to figure this out. I have a decent amount of experience with Excel, but I am by no means an expert.
Our company produces 10 different products that we ship out. Product A can fit 48 units per pallet. Product B can fit 72. Product C can fit 40, etc… We use percentages to determine how much of each product can fit on a pallet. For instance, if we are shipping 16 units of Product A and 12 units of Product B, we would be able to put both on one pallet (16/48 + 12/72 = 50% of a full pallet). We can’t divide the remainder of products between multiple pallets; for example, if we are shipping 142 units of Product A and 76 of Product B, we would have 2 full pallets of 48 units of Product A, 1 pallet of 46 units of A, 1 full pallet of 72 units of B and 1 pallet of 4 units of B. We couldn’t put 1 unit of B with the 46 units of A and then the remaining 3 units of B alone. The B units would have to stay together.
[TABLE="width: 505"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Sales Order[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5210[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Qty[/TD]
[TD]Per Pallet[/TD]
[TD]Qty/Plt[/TD]
[TD]Full Pallets[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Remainder (Qty-Full*Per Pallet)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]% of Pallet
(Remainder/Per Pallet)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Product A[/TD]
[TD]110[/TD]
[TD]48[/TD]
[TD]2.29[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]14[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]29%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Product B[/TD]
[TD]30[/TD]
[TD]72[/TD]
[TD]0.42[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]30[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]42%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Product C[/TD]
[TD]98[/TD]
[TD]40[/TD]
[TD]2.45[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]18[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]45%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Product D[/TD]
[TD]216[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[TD]2.16[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]16[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]16%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Product E[/TD]
[TD]72[/TD]
[TD]72[/TD]
[TD]1.00[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]0[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]0%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
So A, B and C couldn’t go on one pallet because their % adds up to 116%. A, (B or C) and D can go together because they total to less than 100%. We may have a situation where 3 products each make up more than 50% of a pallet and can't be combined.
I need to figure out how to grab a sales order number, populate the required amounts of each product and then automatically palletize the order. I can generate the quantities needed, but haven’t been able to figure out the best way to use Excel to create ideal pallet optimization. I tried the Solver extension, but had issues when the remaining quantities were less than 100% of a pallet. I’ve also run into problems getting multiple products on one pallet where their percentages sum up to less than 100% (1 unit of A, 3 of B, 6 of C…) I really hope I haven’t made this too confusing and any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
I have a problem I could use some help with. I am trying to divide sales orders into pallets and haven’t been able to figure this out. I have a decent amount of experience with Excel, but I am by no means an expert.
Our company produces 10 different products that we ship out. Product A can fit 48 units per pallet. Product B can fit 72. Product C can fit 40, etc… We use percentages to determine how much of each product can fit on a pallet. For instance, if we are shipping 16 units of Product A and 12 units of Product B, we would be able to put both on one pallet (16/48 + 12/72 = 50% of a full pallet). We can’t divide the remainder of products between multiple pallets; for example, if we are shipping 142 units of Product A and 76 of Product B, we would have 2 full pallets of 48 units of Product A, 1 pallet of 46 units of A, 1 full pallet of 72 units of B and 1 pallet of 4 units of B. We couldn’t put 1 unit of B with the 46 units of A and then the remaining 3 units of B alone. The B units would have to stay together.
[TABLE="width: 505"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Sales Order[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5210[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Qty[/TD]
[TD]Per Pallet[/TD]
[TD]Qty/Plt[/TD]
[TD]Full Pallets[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Remainder (Qty-Full*Per Pallet)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]% of Pallet
(Remainder/Per Pallet)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Product A[/TD]
[TD]110[/TD]
[TD]48[/TD]
[TD]2.29[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]14[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]29%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Product B[/TD]
[TD]30[/TD]
[TD]72[/TD]
[TD]0.42[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]30[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]42%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Product C[/TD]
[TD]98[/TD]
[TD]40[/TD]
[TD]2.45[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]18[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]45%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Product D[/TD]
[TD]216[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[TD]2.16[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]16[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]16%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Product E[/TD]
[TD]72[/TD]
[TD]72[/TD]
[TD]1.00[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]0[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]0%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
So A, B and C couldn’t go on one pallet because their % adds up to 116%. A, (B or C) and D can go together because they total to less than 100%. We may have a situation where 3 products each make up more than 50% of a pallet and can't be combined.
I need to figure out how to grab a sales order number, populate the required amounts of each product and then automatically palletize the order. I can generate the quantities needed, but haven’t been able to figure out the best way to use Excel to create ideal pallet optimization. I tried the Solver extension, but had issues when the remaining quantities were less than 100% of a pallet. I’ve also run into problems getting multiple products on one pallet where their percentages sum up to less than 100% (1 unit of A, 3 of B, 6 of C…) I really hope I haven’t made this too confusing and any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!