TOPS Pro Tutorial - TOPS - Packaging Software

In this exercise, you’ll select three pallet styles to be included in the
calculation – GMA (Notched), Europallet and GMA (Metric-Block). The
GMA (Notched) pallet is already selected by default.
3. Click on the Europallet style.
4. Click on the Add button.
System Response: TOPS Pro adds the Europallet style to the
Selected Pallets window.
5. Click on the GMA (Metric-Block) style.
6. Click on the Add button.
System Response: TOPS Pro adds the GMA (Metric-Block) style to
the Selected Pallets window.
At this point, the Selected Pallets window includes three pallet styles –
GMA (Notched), Europallet and GMA (Metric-Block).
7. When your pallet selections are complete, click on OK.
System Response: TOPS Pro stores the selected pallet styles to
memory and redisplays the UnitLoad Parameters dialog box.
This dialog box allows you to define the parameters of the load to be
placed on your pallet – i.e., the particulars of how the shipcases will be
loaded onto the pallet. For the purposes of this demo, we'll only use a
handful of these options.
Remember in the objective of this analysis, the pallet is a standard GMA
(notched) pallet, which measures 48 inches by 40 inches, and the load of
shipcases will not exceed a height of 60 inches high, a weight of 9,999
pounds or more than four layers of shipcases. In addition to these
measures, we'll also define these parameters:
The maximum overhang of the load is 1 inch long and 1 inch wide.
The maximum underhang of the load is 15 inches long and 15 inches
wide
8. Use the following fields to define the shipcase parameters:
Maximum Height: Click on the field and enter 60.
Maximum Weight: Use the default (9999).
Maximum Layers: Click on the field and enter 4.
Maximum Overhang/Length: Use the default (1).
Maximum Overhang/Width: Use the default (1).
Maximum Underhang/Length: Use the default (15).
Maximum Underhang/Width: Use the default (15).
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