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Use caseA use-case guide for Furniture & home-goods export teams to apply to their own operation — not a specific customer story. The workflow and ContainerMath features shown are real; the figures illustrate what this use case typically targets rather than results measured from one account.
~18%More furniture per 40ft High Cube
3D
Stack checked before stuffing, not after
20→40HC
Right vessel chosen on fit, not habit
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Catalog of every item's dimensions
A use-case guide for furniture and home-goods exporters: how to load a single order of mixed flat-pack and assembled items — each a different size and density — by modeling the stack in 3D before stuffing, so the full 40ft High Cube height is used and the last-minute second container is avoided.
The challenge
Furniture is the awkward case for container loading: a single export order might mix flat-packed wardrobes, boxed sofas, loose chairs and oversized table tops, each a completely different size and density. Eyeballing how it all nests together tends to either leave expensive High Cube headroom empty or surface mid-stuff, when the last few cartons won't fit and a second container has to be booked at the last minute. Without a way to test orientations and stacking before the cargo is physically in the box, every container is a fresh guess. This guide shows the workflow that removes it.
Before vs. after
Before — manual & Excel
Guess, then re-stuff
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Eyeball how mixed items nest
Flat-pack, boxed and assembled pieces of very different sizes were fitted together from experience, with no model of how they'd actually stack.
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Leave High Cube headroom empty
Unsure what could safely go on top of what, planners played it safe and shipped 40ft HC containers with usable vertical space unused.
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Discover the misfit mid-stuff
When the final pieces didn't fit, the load was already half-built — forcing a re-stuff or a rushed second container.
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Re-enter item sizes each order
Dimensions for the same recurring SKUs were re-typed per shipment, so small keying errors quietly threw off the whole plan.
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Send the floor an unproven layout
The warehouse received a rough idea rather than a sequenced plan, so loading order and orientation were worked out on the spot.
After — ContainerMath
Verify the fit, stuff once
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Catalog every piece once
Each flat-pack carton and assembled item's dimensions and weight are saved in the Box Library and reused across orders.
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Pack the mix in 3D automatically
ContainerMath fits the whole mixed order into the container, choosing orientation and layering so bulky and small items nest together.
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Use the full High Cube height
The 3D plan shows exactly what stacks on what, so the extra HC headroom is filled with confidence instead of left as a safety margin.
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Catch the misfit before loading
If the order won't fit, it's visible on screen before a single piece is moved — not discovered halfway through stuffing.
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Hand the floor a sequenced plan
A loading order and 3D view go to the warehouse as a PDF, so heavy and large items are placed first and orientation isn't guessed.
Inside ContainerMath: the parts they used
Box Library
Stores every furniture SKU — flat-pack cartons and assembled pieces — at its real dimensions and weight for reuse across orders.
3D Loading Plan
Packs mixed, irregular items into the container with chosen orientation and layering, shown in a rotatable 3D view.
Vessel presets
20ft, 40ft and 40ft High Cube presets with door-height limits, so the gain from a High Cube's extra height is obvious before booking.
Loading Sequence Chart
A step-by-step order for placing large and heavy pieces first, so the floor stuffs the planned stack rather than improvising.
Saved Plans & PDF export
Repeat orders reload a saved plan, and every plan exports to a PDF the warehouse follows on the floor.
The results
- Filling the full High Cube height can lift furniture loaded per 40ft HC by roughly 18% versus eyeballed stacks.
- Seeing the misfit on screen before stuffing avoids last-minute second-container bookings.
- A reusable item catalog removes the per-order re-keying of recurring SKU dimensions.
- The warehouse stuffs a sequenced plan once instead of re-stacking when the last pieces don't fit.
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