Quick start steps
Important Note: Cube-IQ uses the term 'Product' for the items that you are loading, and the term 'Container' for what you are loading the Products into. So, in the system a 'Product' can be a product, a SKU, and item, and so on. A 'Container' can be a shipping container, a truck or trailer, a pallet, a ULD, a carton, a rail car, etc. We even have clients filling lumber drying kilns using Cube-IQ.
Using Cube-IQ is easy. To load a Container, you need only two main steps:
1. Create the basic data
•Enter the Container data on the main Containers tab.
•Enter the Product data on the main Products tab.
Since all Product and Container data is stored in Cube-IQ's internal database, this step is done once, and only repeated for new data. You can also import data from CSV files, XML files and Excel spreadsheets.
2 . Create and Optimize a Load
•Create the Load by clicking the big '+' icon, in the Load Setup screen.
•Click 'Select Containers' in the Toolbar, and select the available Container types from the pop-up list, and enter how many are available.
•Click 'Select Products' in the Toolbar, and select the Products from the pop-up list, and set for each Product the quantity to be loaded.
•Click the 'Optimize' button.
It's as simple as that! You are now able to view and evaluate the results, and print out the Load Plan that clearly shows the precise Container loading sequence. From here you can modify which Products are to be loaded, set their quantities and re-optimize.
See also:
Building your first load with Cube-IQ: a tutorial video.