Solutions for Packaging and Crating
Design optimal crates and maximize container efficiency
Load Planning Software
Precision packaging and crating
As a packaging and crating specialist, you need to design protective packaging that maximizes space utilization while ensuring product safety. Cargo-Planner helps you optimize crate dimensions and container loading for cost-effective shipping solutions.
Design optimal crate dimensions
Visualize how crates will fit
Calculate exact material costs
Ensure proper weight distribution
Test multiple packaging configurations
Provide detailed loading plans
Reduce Packaging and Shipping Costs
Deliver better value and improve margins
Packaging and shipping costs directly impact your competitiveness and profitability. Cargo-Planner helps you deliver better value to customers while improving margins:
Optimize crate dimensions
Design crates that maximize container utilization, reducing the number of shipments needed
Minimize material costs
Calculate exact lumber and material requirements to avoid waste and over-ordering
Reduce shipping expenses
Better space utilization means lower freight costs per item for your customers
Avoid re-crating
Get crate dimensions right the first time, eliminating costly rebuilds and delays
Win more business
Offer competitive quotes by proving you can fit more in each shipment
Increase Design Efficiency
Precision engineering over guesswork
Transform your packaging design process from guesswork to precision engineering:
Virtual prototyping
Test crate designs and container configurations digitally before building anything
Reduce design iterations
Get dimensions right the first time with accurate 3D visualization
Handle complex requirements
Easily accommodate weight limits, stacking restrictions, and handling constraints
Professional presentations
Impress customers with detailed 3D load plans and professional documentation
Standardize best practices
Create reusable templates for common packaging scenarios
Improve collaboration
Share visual plans with fabrication teams, customers, and freight forwarders
Save Design and Planning Time
Win more business faster
Speed up your quoting and design process to win more business and improve customer satisfaction:
Rapid quote generation
Provide accurate packaging and shipping estimates in minutes instead of hours
Instant configuration testing
Try multiple crate sizes and arrangements in seconds to find the optimal solution
Faster customer approval
Visual 3D plans help customers understand and approve solutions quickly
Reduce planning meetings
Clear documentation reduces back-and-forth communication with customers and carriers
Quick feasibility studies
Rapidly assess whether items will fit in available transport options
Environmental Sustainability
Improve environmental impact
Sustainable packaging is good for the planet and good for business. Demonstrate your commitment to environmental responsibility:
By optimizing crate designs and container utilization, you're not just saving money—you're reducing the environmental impact of global shipping one package at a time.
Reduce material waste
Precise calculations minimize excess lumber and packaging materials
Optimize transport emissions
Better container utilization means fewer shipments and lower carbon footprint
Design for reusability
Create crates that can be reused or repurposed, reducing long-term waste
Support customer ESG goals
Help customers meet their sustainability targets through efficient packaging
Minimize packaging volume
Reduce the total packaging material needed while maintaining protection standards
Industry Applications
Cargo-Planner is used by packaging professionals serving:
Art and museum logistics
Industrial machinery and equipment
High-value electronics and technology
Automotive parts and vehicles
Furniture and home goods
Medical and laboratory equipment
Support for All Container Types
Plan crating and loading for
Standard and high-cube containers (20', 40', 40HC, 45')
Open-top and flat-rack containers
Road trailers and flatbeds
Air cargo ULDs and pallets
Break-bulk vessels and project cargo
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