Patent ID: 8676549

Claim:
A shipping optimization process for absorbent articles comprising the steps of: (a) identifying a semi-trailer in which the absorbent articles are to be shipped; (b) obtaining a legal semi-trailer weight limit of the semi-trailer (W 1 ); (c) estimating a weight of the semi-trailer load to be shipped (W 2 ); (d) obtaining a volume capacity of the semi-trailer (V 1 ); (e) estimating a volume of the semi-trailer load to be shipped (V 2 ); (f) using the following formula to calculate a Load Factor of the semi-trailer: Load Factor=( W 2 /W 1 )/( V 2 /V 1 ); and (g) loading the semi-trailer with absorbent articles such that the Load Factor of the semi-trailer calculated in step (f) is achieved; wherein the absorbent articles have a substantially airfelt free absorbent core.