Design of a Loose Pallet Pool Based on Cloud Computing

This paper is focus on Loose Pallet Pool which could maximize the use of idle pallets scattered in various parts of the world. First of all, the concept, operation model and operation process of a loose pallet pool were briefly discussed. Then, a loose pallet pool information platform based on cloud computing is proposed, because the effective implementation of a loose pallet pool system needs an information platform to support. The architecture of a loose pallet pool information platform includes four layers from the bottom to the top, which are IaaS(Infrastructure as a Service) , PaaS (Platform as a service), SaaS (Software as a service), and interface. The way of how to establish a loose pallet pool information platform based on Google App Engine is proposed finally.