ISHS Acta Horticulturae 135: VII Symposium on Horticultural Economics, XXI IHC
OPTIMISATION OF PACKAGING AND PACK OF FRUIT |
| Authors: | A.S. Wollin, I.D. Peggie |
| Abstract:
A series of computer programs have been developed to optimise the often conflicting criteria imposed by the fruit, markets and handling chains, in the design of horticultural packaging. The program considers, if desired, all possible ways to pack fruit in a box to identify the most volume efficient packs, or packs suitable for automatic packing; area or volume efficiency on the Australian and the two European pallets; area or volume efficiency in sea freight containers and most air freight containers or pallets; dimensional constraints imposed by the market or to achieve sufficient strength; and fibreboard area to minimise material cost. Costs are calculated for storage, transport and materials, thus allowing the selection of a least cost optimum. Using this suite of computer programs to guide design it is possible to increase the efficiency of transporting and storing produce at virtually no cost by better design of packaging. | |
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