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Reading Girl Scouts : Cookie Drop 2008 : Details |
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Here is a collection of knowledge nuggets determined while executing the drop. Some of useful to the Drop Manager, others are useful to the volunteers that help with the drop, and some may be informative for the troops collecting cookies.
When laying out the floor plan, measure the space first with a long ruler or obtain a floor plan. Each palette is 40x48 inches square and less than 80 inches high. Remember to leave access space between the palette stacks. At least 2.5 feet is needed for normal people to pass. The palettes are 40 inches by 48 inches.
Divide out the number of cases by the cases per palette number to determine the number of palette footprints (or fractions thereof) to layout. For 2007 the cases per palette are:
Carmel Delites : 162
Peanut Butter Patties : 162
Shortbread : 187
Thin Mints : 180
Peanut Butter Sandwiches : 187
Thanks-a-lots : 140
Lemonades : 140
Cinna-Spins : ?
Be careful of the case stacks toppling as they are disassembled. Good truckers will cross stack the cases to prevent uncoupled towers of cases from wobbling.
Also, here is a directory with my spreadsheets and drawings. The files ending in ods and odg were created with OpenOffice, a free office suite application package.