Palletization Software
Cape Pack is a modular suite of palletization software to help determine the best product size, case count, product arrangement, case size, pallet and container load.
Optimize Your Product Pallets and Shipments
With Cape Pack, determine your primary product size for shipping, create new case sizes, build efficient pallet patterns, analyze compression strength of cases and pallets, and improve material and cube utilization.
Design
Optimal product sizes and right-size packaging.
Reduce costs
By cutting back on product transportation.
Increase sustainability
With less empty pallets and a reduced number trucks on the street.
Esko’s Cape Pack software includes the following features:
Corrugated compression strength program
Interfaces with ArtiosCAD
WebCenter connector browsers
Printing and exporting options
Load protection formatting
Automatic formatting with predefined profiles
Format load profile settings applied automatically
Generate reports with load formatting
Upload to WebCenter from Cape Cloud
Edit report user text online
Cape Pack Licensing Options
Cape Pack Essentials
Palletization
This program calculates pallet patterns for fixed or known secondary package sizes. You enter the size of the bottle, box, tray, case, bag, etc. that is to be placed directly onto the pallet. It will allow you to calculate pallet patterns on 3 different sets of pallet restrictions at one time in order to compare efficiencies.
Mixed Loading
A separate program will allow you to create Display Pallets with mixed case or tray sizes. You can use this program for a single mixed load or you can fill a full order of items with the Order Fulfillment option.
Single loads:
Order Fulfillment Loads:
KDF for Corrugated Manufacturers
Our Knocked-Down-Flat program is perfect for helping estimate full loads of flat cases that are to be shipped to your customer.
Additional Features
- Corrugated Compression Strength program for predicting box strength
- Interfaces with ArtiosCAD
- WebCenter Connector browser
- Printing and Export options, load protection formatting, and more come standard with this base module.
Cape Pack Advanced (Adds)
Packaging Design
Cape Pack Advanced allows you to start with your known primary package or product size, and then design alternative shipper, tray or case sizes based on quantity, pack arrangement, orientation, and bundle requirements. You can evaluate your results including different bundle arrangements, case arrangements, divider styles and pallet loading options. This information can then be sent to ArtiosCAD or WebCenter through direct interface features.
Product Design
In addition to designing packaging for your products, the Advanced program can also help you design or redesign your Product sizes. Starting from a known size, you can evaluate dimensional changes in your product sizing, with or without changing the volume of the product, to maximize your packaging and shipping space. Ship dramatically more in the same space.
Folding Carton Arrange
Our Knocked-Down-Flat program is perfect for helping estimate full loads of flat cases that are to be shipped to your customer.
Additional Features
- Corrugated Compression Strength program for predicting box strength
- Interfaces with ArtiosCAD
- WebCenter Connector browser
- Printing and Export options, load protection formatting, and more come standard with this base module.
Cape Pack Cloud Reporting
Included with Essentials and Advanced
Cape Pack users can upload critical up-to-the-minute information to Cape Cloud to share with colleagues around the corner or around the globe to speed up design and approval processes. Sharing palletization designs directly in the cloud cuts cycle times and delivers faster time to market.
Cape Pack Cloud makes it very easy to upload designs for folding cartons, cases and pallets. The pallet software supports cartons, cylinders and trapezoids as well as trays and bundles.
Hear from our customers
"ArtiosCAD links to CAPE software to determine palletization configurations very quickly. We removed 15-20% of the cost of a project by the reduction of fiber. There were also pallet-handling efficiencies of 10-15%. Overall savings were about 30%."
Rod Goudreau, VP business development, Abbott-Action
"Our previous process made it difficult to get a holistic view of where the job was and what needed to happen next. There was no way to track changes or monitor revisions."
Maïa Barbier, WebCenter Project Manager for the Industrial Global Business Unit, Ansell
"Goodman Fielder needed to more efficiently manage the increasing number of packaging designs, allowing us to streamline any changes or updates to the artwork in an efficient manner via standard web-browsers, both in the office and on mobile devices."
Lorna Thomson, Senior Brand Manager, Goodman Fielder
"Packaging design has become an essential part of product marketing. It has to meet very high standards. After all, it isn’t only the brand name that persuades customers to buy, but also appealing, well-designed packaging."
Titus Helmke, Head of Brand Management International, Kärcher
"With Esko, I always know there will be full integration with other software. It is an example of why Esko is a trusted partner for Loacker. They really understand my job from my perspective, and are able to bring the solutions I need."
Andrea Canale, Graphic Arts Director, Loacker
"We definitely save time and it has brought a significant increase in our productivity. Something that would have taken two, three or four hours of Photoshop® work, only takes about 10 minutes."
Matt Maghan – Global Apparel + EQ Packaging Designer, Nike
