When using SAS^® Pack Optimization, you might notice that the heuristic does not consider handling costs in making pack order decisions. Handling costs were assumed to be negligible and therefore not included. However, when handling costs are high, you might notice unexpected results.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS Pack Optimization	Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	2.2	3.2	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M1
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	2.2	3.2	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M1
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	2.2	3.2	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M1
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64	2.2	3.2	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M1
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	2.2	3.2	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M1
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	2.2	3.2	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M1
		64-bit Enabled AIX	2.2	3.2	9.2 TS2M2	9.3 TS1M1

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

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A fix for this issue for SAS Merchandise Intelligence 4.2_M2 is available at:

http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/D81.html#43098

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Pack Optimization heuristic does not consider handling costs in making the pack order decision.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2012-11-14 11:18:13
Date Created:	2011-04-28 10:14:29