AI is helping Amazon send fewer small items in comically large boxes
Briefly

The PDE's job is to do a smarter job of selecting the right box, bag, or wrapper for each of the millions of unique items sold through the company's warehouses.
Products are sent through a computer vision tunnel that gathers dimensions and particular features, matched with natural language processing for ideal shipping solutions.
Amazon estimates using correctly sized boxes, softer mailers, or skipping packaging saves around 60,000 tons of materials.
Read at Business Insider
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