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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2010
Paul Thomas Weisman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Dean Larry Duval, Lebanon, OH (US);
Holger Beruda, Schwalbach, DE;
Horst Blessing, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Peter Dziezok, Hochheim, DE;
Axel Krause, Erfstadt, DE;
Mattias Schmidt, Idstein, DE;
Lutz Stelzig, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Marion Hundorf, Bonn, DE;
Paul Thomas Weisman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Dean Larry Duval, Lebanon, OH (US);
Harald Hermann Hundorf, Bonn, DE;
Holger Beruda, Schwalbach, DE;
Horst Blessing, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Peter Dziezok, Hochheim, DE;
Axel Krause, Erfstadt, DE;
Mattias Schmidt, Idstein, DE;
Lutz Stelzig, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A shipping optimization process for articles having a substantially airfelt free absorbent core is provided. The process includes the steps of identifying an optimized diaper; identifying an optimized bag for holding two or more optimized diapers; identifying an optimized box for holding two or more optimized bags; identifying an optimized pallet and arranging the optimized boxes thereon; and identifying an optimized load plan for a vehicle and arranging the optimized pallets therein. The vehicle has a calculated Load Factor of from about 0.7 to about 1.0 when the vehicle is loaded with the optimized pallets.