MultiMix Shipping Box Selection
– Reliably determine volume optimised standard packagings

With MultiMix Shipping Box Selection, you can determine the smallest suitable standard packaging from your inventory, for each order with different items.

Verschiedene Versandkartons

  • Find suitable packaging automatically
    Replaces manual selection and avoids potential sources of error

  • Cost & resource efficient
    Reduces material, shipping, and staff costs

  • Higher packing density in the shipping box
    Better protection for the contents

Reliably determine volume optimised packaging

In online trading, reducing unnecessary space in boxes by intuitively choosing the correct shipping box, is not so simple. In 61% of cases, the top 100 online shops researched for the mail order commerce study in 2023, were found to use packaging which was too large. This results in unnecessary costs for packaging and filling material, and transport. It also increases the risk of damage during transport, and is damaging to environment and climate.

There is considerable potential for improvement. Not every online trader will invest in a cardboard cutting machine, with which for every order just-in-time, a perfectly fitting packaging can be produced. It can also work without one. With the optimisation software MultiMix Shipping Box Selection, you can reliably identify, from your inventory and for every order, the shipping box with the smallest volume and an optimal packing layout. MultiMix will optimise, where others have long since given up.

Overview

Your advantages with MultiMix Shipping Box Selection at a glance

Selection & sustainability

  • Volume optimised shipping packaging – selection of packaging with the smallest volume
  • Efficient use of materials – for packaging and filling materials

  • Environmentally friendly – reduces impact on environment and climate

Process reliability & automation

  • Reliable calculations – through intelligent algorithms
  • Avoid repacking – direct use of the right packaging

  • Visualisation – depiction of the optimal packing layout

  • Control data – can be created for commissioning robots

Costs & customer loyalty

  • Reduced material costs – for packaging and filling
  • Lower shipping costs – through smaller packaging
  • Lower personnel costs – through predefined item arrangement in picking and packing

  • Higher customer satisfaction – less waste disposal for the recipient

Adaptability & integration

  • Company specific extensions – individual requirements can be implemented at any time
  • Modular application – can be integrated into existing systems

  • Flexible – suitable for diverse picking strategies

  • Ready for future needs – functional even under shifting requirements

The functions at a glance

What MultiMix Shipping Box Selection can do – a selection

  • Import of picking orders and item details (dimensions, weight)
  • Import of shipping box details, including inside dimensions & weight restrictions
  • Import of your shipping couriers weight and size restrictions

  • Determination of the minimum necessary volume for each order
  • Determination of the most suitable shipping box with the smallest volume
  • Compliance with weight restrictions
  • For larger orders: distribution into several shipping boxes
  • Optimisation of the item arrangement in the shipping box

  • 3D visualisation of the optimised arrangement of items in the shipping packaging
  • Creation and storage of packing lists in CSV format (optional)

  • Optional connectivity to WMS/ERP systems
  • Company specific extensions and modifications can be integrated at any time

The full range of functions

The range of MultiMix functions explained

Intelligent choice of shipping packaging – based on your information

In order to meet customer delivery requirements, a range of shipping packaging of various sizes, is kept on inventory. The software can access relevant product information (dimensions, weight, vertical orientation), packaging parameters (inside dimensions, weight restrictions), and the couriers shipping terms.

Before processing begins, MultiMix Shipping Box Selection determines the following for each order

  • the suitable packaging with the smallest volume
  • for larger orders, a minimum amount of volume optimised packaging
  • an optimal arrangement of items for each used packaging
  • optionally, the necessary filling material
Vergleich zweier Versandkartons mit optimierter Packstückanordnung in 3D

Visualise results & process data automatically

The result is clearly displayed in a 3D visualisation, making it easy to check the arrangement.
Subsequently, MultiMix creates:

  • optional packing lists CSV format

  • optional robot control data for automated order picking

  • upon request, connectivity to your WMS/ERP system

Thanks to a modular design, its range of functions can be adapted to your processes at any time.

Darstellung der Versandkartonbefüllung vor der Optimierung durch MultiMixOptimierte Artikelanordnung nach Kommissionierung mit MultiMix

Customer reviews about MultiMix Shipping Box Selection

What our long term customers say

“By integrating the packing pattern software, we were able to significantly optimise the fill levels of parcels in the e-commerce sector and, in terms of customer satisfaction, save on packaging, filling material and freight costs . Thanks to the specified arrangement of items within the picking and packing process, we have achieved additional savings in personnel costs.
In the area of branch logistics, we achieve a considerable increase in efficiency in goods storage at the point of sale through the targeted sorting of product groups within the loading aids.”

Udo Bunger, Head of E-Commerce
Bünting E-Commerce GmbH & Co. KG

“We have been efficiently creating our logistics data for many years using the MultiPack and MultiMix software systems from Multiscience.
Packing instructions are created with identical and different items for boxes, trays, displays and palletising.
Specific requirements from us as customers were quickly processed and solutions found that we are very satisfied with.”

Christiane Edelhoff, Head of packaging development
Mäurer & Wirtz GmbH & Co. KG

Industries

A selection of industries in which MultiMix Shipping Box Selection

Mitarbeiter in Logistikhalle mit Versandware und Rollcontainern

Logistics & Fulfillment

Improve the fill level of your shipping boxes with MultiMix Shipping Box Selection. This will save you material, shipping and staff costs, and increase customer satisfaction.

Supermarktregale mit typischen FMCG-Produkten wie Pasta, Saucen und Getränken

Consumer goods industry

Determine the smallest suitable standard packaging for shipping with MultiMix Shipping Box Selection.

Elektro- und Installationstechnik

Electrical and installation engineering

Determine suitable assortment boxes for shipping with MultiMix Shipping Box Selection.

Fulfillment Center

E-Commerce

Determine the smallest suitable standard packaging for shipping with MultiMix Shipping Box Selection.

Frequently asked questions about MultiMix

MultiPack optimises the packing of items of the same size in boxes or on pallets.

By contrast, MultiMix plans the packing of different sized articles in shipping packaging, on pallets, or in transportation such as trucks or containers.

MultiMix automatically analyses every picking order and suggests the most volume efficient box from the available inventory. Item dimension, weight restrictions, and permissible vertical stacking are taken into account.

The software determines the smallest suitable standard packaging and calculates the optimal item arrangement. In this way, unnecessary filling material is avoided.

Yes. MultiMix can be integrated into picking and shipping processes with robotic or WMS interfaces, and can optionally supply the necessary control data for automated operation.

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Yes, the user can change the default settings to display their own company logo

No. The software runs on commercially available Windows systems. A more powerful computer is recommended for processor intensive tasks, for example a modern CPU with sufficient RAM.

Why MultiMix Shipping Box Selection is the right software for you

For more than 35 years, Multiscience GmbH has been developing modular optimisation software for packaging, logistics, and automation.
With our software expertise and international focus, we support businesses in the digital transformation of their supply chain.

Andreas Hammerl
Managing Director

Start your optimisation now

Access hidden potential in your logistics with MultiMix Shipping Box Selection – for lower costs and more efficiency. See for yourself by testing the full version free for 8 weeks!