The input window should look something like this:

Once this information has been filled, the user selects the Advanced Input Options from the Tools Menu and introduces the following information:

• Dimension to vary: Case Count
• Range of variation: 1 to 51 cases
• Achieve a value as high as possible
• for the Total Primary Packages per Pallet
• Step = 1 case (which is the default value and cannot be changed).
• Show all results (displays the table from where the user will select the Standard cases).

The Advanced Input Window should look something like this:

The program will start increasing the Case Count in increments of 1 unit while it tries to find matching Standard cases. This may take a while on some computers as the program looks through a database of standard cases. After this is done the application will display a list as in the first window below. Clicking on the top right corner will sort the Total Cases per Pallet as in the second window. The user can then scroll downwards until (s)he finds a Standard Case (in bold letters) as in the right-most window.

Although the purpose was to ship as many toys as possible per pallet, it was important for Tinaco to ship in blank boxes, so the user selects the Standard Case that delivers as many Primary Packages as possible which is the box #3 of the 27 PP per box option. Double-clicking on that result will display the Results Window shown below, where the pallet with the Standard Case and the highest area efficiency has been selected. The user clicked on the internal view button to display the 27 toy boxes within each box.

Usually, standard boxes are shipped with a standard box compression resistance. In this case, Tinaco's supplier sells only cases with a maximum compression strength of 200 lbs. The user selects the Box Compression option to view his pallet and boxes and finds out that with the default safety factor of 5, (s)he would have to request a non-standard box, which would increase costs (below).

Therefore, the user fiddles with the safety factor and finds out that by using a safety factor of 1.85, the box compression would approximate the 200 lbs that the vendor delivers. The user then decides to talk to management, which thinks that although they regularly use a safety factor of 3 (which is a function of palletizing and storage conditions) in their commercial shipments, donated toys do not require such a level of care and that any defect would be their responsibility.**

The user generates a report for this pallet, which should look like the following window. This report can be printed or exported to a graphics format.

* Imaginary Name