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Optimization of Packing in Smaller and Cheaper Boxes
Hello, I have a question. Is it possible to set up a scenario to show packing in smaller boxes that are cheaper? For example:
Product dimensions: 10 x 10 x 10 cm
Dimensions of Box 1: 15 x 15 x 15 cm, price 5 USD
Dimensions of Box 2: 60 x 60 x 60 cm, price 60 USD
We need to pack 3 products, which fit into the second box, but I would like to pack the products into 3 of the first boxes. Is it possible to achieve this? The BoxPacker version is 3.12.
Yes, there are 2 ways of doing this depending on how complex your needs are:
If it's a case of "only use box 2 if the item literally doesn't fit inside box 1", then the mechanism at https://boxpacker.io/en/stable/sortation.html#choosing-between-permutations is probably suitable, simply override the sorter and sort by price. As long as you've got < 12 boxes that should always give a good result.
You can also use the mechanism at https://boxpacker.io/en/stable/all-permutations.html to brute-force it and again sort by price but from what you describe I don't think you need to do that here.
