TI-HI Pattern Stability Checker
Heuristic column-stack review: flag pallet patterns whose built height divided by the smallest carton footprint side exceeds an adjustable aspect-ratio threshold (default 2).
Description
Heuristic column-stack review: flag pallet patterns whose built height divided by the smallest carton footprint side exceeds an adjustable aspect-ratio threshold (default 2).
TI-HI Pattern Stability Checker: Heuristic column-stack review: flag pallet patterns whose built height divided by the smallest carton footprint side exceeds an adjustable aspect-ratio threshold (default 2).
When to use TI-HI Pattern Stability
Use this logistics calculation for a transparent shipment, inventory, warehouse, customs, packaging, carrier, or service-level estimate when the governing units and business rules are explicit.
- Length (cm)
- Carton length in centimetres.
- Width (cm)
- Carton width in centimetres.
- Height (cm)
- Carton height in centimetres.
- Layers
- Number of layers in the pattern (HI).
- Max ratio
- Screening threshold for height divided by the smallest footprint side; it does not replace a load-stability assessment.
How TI-HI Pattern Stability works
Heuristic column-stack review: flag pallet patterns whose built height divided by the smallest carton footprint side exceeds an adjustable aspect-ratio threshold (default 2). The tool evaluates the supplied inputs together and returns the named outputs below; it does not infer omitted operating conditions or change the units shown.1
- Stack height (cm)
- Built stack height in centimetres.
- Aspect ratio
- Stack height divided by the smallest footprint side.
- Classification
- Stable, or a recommendation to review the pattern.
Limitations and assumptions
- Carrier tariffs, customs rules, dangerous-goods requirements, hours-of-service rules, surcharges, port terms, dimensional divisors, and service definitions vary by jurisdiction, contract, date, mode, and commodity. A calculation is not a booking, classification, or compliance determination.
- Use finite inputs in the displayed units and preserve more precision than the final presentation requires. Independently verify safety-critical, financial, compliance, or production decisions.
Alternative or Complementary approaches
Verify current carrier and authority documents, retain shipment dimensions and timestamps, test boundary cases, and reconcile estimates against invoices and operational scans.
References
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Pallet — Wikipedia contributors
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