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Originally Posted by multiweb
Having written numerous freight softwares shipping is always a grey area. You're wrestling with contractors rates, physical delivery areas and finally volume vs. weight. So I agree it's funny when you have a weight increase and the volume doesn't fit the bag but in the end it might end up on a palette, then in a container and you have to work out if the "voluminous" stuff has to go on top of the "small" heavier stuff. It's like a tetris headache only you have weight to contend with as well.
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Ye Olde strongly NP-complete Bin Packing Problem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bin_packing_problem
Quote:
Originally Posted by multiweb
It's like a tetris headache only you have weight to contend with as well.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packing_problems
It's a pity about volumetric weight. Otherwise I would have loved to have
gone to the Post Office with helium-filled balloons, tied them to the scales
and argued they would have to pay me to send them.
Australia Post volumetric weights are based on you having to ship
depleted uranium to get your money's-worth.