Originally Posted by
PDKL45
Agreed 100%. Soft things like gloves are perfect for bags. Still, that presupposes humans being involved with the packaging. At CRC at least, I believe that humans collect orders in trays which a machine packs and labels.
A packing robot would be interesting. But, it wouldn't take much to revise the packing robot to use a little logic.
Crushable? Potential for damage claims? Dump in vacuum sealed bag, slap on a label and toss in bin.
It then depends a bit on how the post office deals with shipping costs. And, cost of packing materials. How much does a box cost? 50 cents? A bag? 1 cent?
Send out a million of those bags, and one has saved a half million on packing materials alone (assuming, of course, similar damage and loss rates).