Warehouse & Logistics Resources

Guides, formulas and practical explanations for warehouse professionals.

How Many Boxes Fit on a Pallet?

Work out pallet capacity from carton dimensions, pallet size, height and weight limits — with a calculator.

Standard EUR/EPAL pallet size explained: 1200 × 800 × 144 mm, footprint and height.

Why there is no single number, and how pallet size, orientation, stacking and weight change the answer.

Picking rate formulas, lines per hour, productive hours and a productivity calculator.

The pallet-position capacity formula: usable area, rack levels, aisle allowance and operating occupancy, with a worked example.

How many square metres or square feet a pallet position really needs, and why aisles, rack type and levels change the answer.

SS = Z x sigma x sqrt(L) explained: service level Z-scores, demand variability, lead time and a worked example.

ROP = lead-time demand + safety stock, including periodic review, inventory position and worked examples.

Picks and lines per hour, productive time and labour requirements, with worked examples and cost impact.