| Electronic Industry Pallet Standard (EIPS) Task Group | |||||||||||||||||||
| Pallet Fit Analysis (floor area only) (Lotus123 file) (MS Excel file) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2xlength--> | 94.5 | Avg. | 96 | Avg. | 94.5 | Avg. | 96 | Avg. | 88 | Avg. | 88 | Avg. | 84 | Avg. | |||||
| L + W ----> | 86.63 | 88.97% | 88 | 90.30% | 78.75 | 81.16% | 93 | 90.38% | 88 | 84.80% | 84 | 89.79% | 82 | 86.69% | |||||
| Inches | width----> | 39.38 | Area | 40 | Area | 31.5 | Area | 45 | Area | 44 | Area | 40 | Area | 40 | Area | ||||
| Description | Mode | Length | Width | length----> | 47.25 | Efficiency | 48 | Efficiency | 47.25 | Efficiency | 48 | Efficiency | 44 | Efficiency | 44 | Efficiency | 42 | Efficiency | Ideal |
| (1)CAPE, (2) Cigna | Qty | % | Qty | % | Qty | % | Qty | % | Qty | % | Qty | % | Qty | % | Width | ||||
| Air1 Usable (2) | Air | 120 | 84 | 1 | 5 | 92.3% | 5 | 95.2% | 5 | 73.8% | 4 | 85.7% | 4 | 76.8% | 5 | 87.3% | 6 | 100.0% | 42 |
| Air2 Usable (2) | Air | 120 | 92 | 2 | 5 | 84.3% | 5 | 86.9% | 5 | 67.4% | 4 | 78.3% | 4 | 70.1% | 6 | 95.6% | 6 | 91.3% | 46 |
| Air1 OD (2) | Air | 125 | 88 | 3 | 5 | 84.6% | 5 | 87.3% | 5 | 67.6% | 4 | 78.5% | 4 | 70.4% | 6 | 96.0% | 6 | 91.6% | 44 |
| Air2 OD (2) | Air | 125 | 96 | 4 | 6 | 93.0% | 6 | 96.0% | 6 | 74.4% | 4 | 72.0% | 4 | 64.5% | 6 | 88.0% | 6 | 84.0% | 48 |
| contr4 (1) | Ocean | 232 | 92 | 5 | 9 | 78.5% | 9 | 81.0% | 11 | 76.7% | 9 | 91.1% | 10 | 90.7% | 10 | 82.4% | 10 | 78.7% | 46 |
| contr1 (1) | Ocean | 472 | 92 | 6 | 20 | 85.7% | 20 | 88.4% | 23 | 78.8% | 19 | 94.5% | 20 | 89.2% | 22 | 89.2% | 22 | 85.1% | 46 |
| contr45 (1) | Ocean | 536 | 92 | 7 | 24 | 90.6% | 24 | 93.4% | 28 | 84.5% | 22 | 96.4% | 24 | 94.2% | 26 | 92.8% | 26 | 88.6% | 46 |
| Std I, 40' (2) | Ocean | 471.996 | 90 | 8 | 20 | 87.6% | 20 | 90.4% | 23 | 80.6% | 19 | 96.6% | 20 | 91.1% | 22 | 91.1% | 22 | 87.0% | 45 |
| Std I, 20' (2) | Ocean | 231.996 | 90 | 9 | 9 | 80.2% | 9 | 82.8% | 11 | 78.4% | 9 | 93.1% | 10 | 92.7% | 10 | 84.3% | 10 | 80.5% | 45 |
| Sea Land III (2) | Ocean | 415 | 90 | 10 | 18 | 89.7% | 18 | 92.5% | 21 | 83.7% | 17 | 98.3% | 18 | 93.3% | 20 | 94.2% | 20 | 90.0% | 45 |
| Matson (2) | Ocean | 282 | 90 | 11 | 12 | 88.0% | 12 | 90.8% | 13 | 76.2% | 11 | 93.6% | 12 | 91.5% | 14 | 97.1% | 14 | 92.7% | 45 |
| 20stan2 (1) | Surface | 256 | 91 | 12 | 11 | 87.8% | 11 | 90.6% | 13 | 83.0% | 10 | 92.7% | 10 | 83.1% | 12 | 90.6% | 12 | 86.5% | 46 |
| truck2 (1) | Surface | 476 | 92 | 13 | 22 | 93.5% | 20 | 87.7% | 25 | 85.0% | 19 | 93.7% | 20 | 88.4% | 22 | 88.4% | 22 | 84.4% | 46 |
| 40stan2 (1) | Surface | 476 | 91 | 14 | 22 | 94.5% | 20 | 88.6% | 25 | 85.9% | 19 | 94.7% | 20 | 89.4% | 22 | 89.4% | 22 | 85.3% | 46 |
| truck3, 40'(1) | Surface | 476 | 102 | 15 | 24 | 92.0% | 22 | 87.0% | 30 | 92.0% | 20 | 89.0% | 20 | 79.7% | 22 | 79.7% | 22 | 76.1% | 51 |
| 45wide, 45'(1) | Surface | 529 | 96 | 16 | 26 | 95.3% | 26 | 98.3% | 32 | 93.8% | 22 | 93.6% | 24 | 91.5% | 26 | 90.1% | 26 | 86.0% | 48 |
| truck4, 48'(1) | Surface | 570 | 96 | 17 | 28 | 95.2% | 28 | 98.2% | 36 | 97.9% | 24 | 94.7% | 24 | 84.9% | 28 | 90.0% | 28 | 86.0% | 48 |
| Compiled by Bob Sanders | HIGH | 95.3% | 98.3% | 97.9% | 98.3% | 94.2% | 97.1% | 100.0% | |||||||||||
| LOW | 78.5% | 81.0% | 67.4% | 72.0% | 64.5% | 79.7% | 76.1% | ||||||||||||
| Air Effic. | 88.5% | 91.4% | 70.8% | 78.6% | 70.5% | 91.7% | 91.7% | ||||||||||||
| Ocean Effic. | 85.7% | 88.5% | 79.8% | 94.8% | 91.8% | 90.2% | 86.1% | ||||||||||||
| Surface Effic. | 93.0% | 91.7% | 89.6% | 93.1% | 86.2% | 88.1% | 84.1% | ||||||||||||
| Avg of Avgs | 89.1% | 90.5% | 80.1% | 88.8% | 82.8% | 90.0% | 87.3% | ||||||||||||
| Overall Rank | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Comments: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1. All percentages above 90% are highlighted in BOLD print | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2. The Euro Pallet (1200x800mm) is great for 96" wide vehicles because it allows 2 wide or 3 wide loading, otherwise performs poorly in all other areas. Because of this EU Distributors are pushing for this. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3. The 45x48" pallet, popular with automotive industry is an excellent performer for ocean and surface efficiency but terrible by air. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4. Modifications can be made to improve air efficiency such as chamfered base to accommodate nets to account for 4" o.d. to usable difference | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5. Consideration could be made to weighting the average efficiencies with consideration to actual shipping costs. For example, air may cost 7-10x what surface and ocean cost | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6. There appeared to be some discrepancy between truck dimensions supplied by CAPE (1) vs. what is listed in Cigna's "Ports of the World" publication (2) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7. US Standard 40x48" achieves slight advantage (about 1%) over its metric equivalent (1200x1000mm) simply because of the slightly larger size | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8. The smaller the pallet footprint the more difficult to create efficient loads on it and also the more unstable the stacks will be in warehouses | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9. Formulas first look to see if 2x the length (largest dim.) will fit across the width of the truck. If so, it will then calculate the truck length divided by width of pallet. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10. If 2x the length does not fit the truck width then it rotates the second pallet and determines the number of pallets which will fit that way. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11. Overall efficiency simply divides the total pallet area divided by total vehicle surface area depending on number of pallet fitting inside. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12. Air cargo efficiency cannot be discounted especially considering the extreme cost of this space vs. other modes. A custom size or design for this may be justified. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13. The 40x44" dimension was a surprisingly steady performer with between 88% and 92% efficiency on all modes of transportation and being an excellent AIR performer | |||||||||||||||||||
Last Updated on 2/22/99
By Bob Sanders