Optimization of packaging sizes
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in at least one computing device, comprising:
- code that obtains a specification of a period of time;
code that obtains data describing a plurality of past shipments, each of the plurality of past shipments corresponding to a product collection that has been shipped in a single respective package from a materials handling facility to a respective customer during the period of time that has been specified;
code that determines, for each of the plurality of past shipments, a three-dimensional bounding box that encloses the corresponding product collection, at least some of the three-dimensional bounding boxes differing from one another; and
code that generates a packaging suite from the three-dimensional bounding boxes determined for the plurality of past shipments, the packaging suite specifying a plurality of different sizes of packaging that are to be employed in the materials handling facility for future shipments originating from the materials handling facility.
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Abstract
Various systems, methods, and programs embodied in computer-readable mediums are provided for determining optimum sizes of packaging in a packaging suite employed in a materials handling facility. The packaging may be used, for example, in the shipping of items from the materials handling facility to various destinations. The sizes of the packaging in the packaging suite are determined based upon the shipping volumes associated with packages or shipments shipped from the materials handling facility.
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in at least one computing device, comprising:
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code that obtains a specification of a period of time; code that obtains data describing a plurality of past shipments, each of the plurality of past shipments corresponding to a product collection that has been shipped in a single respective package from a materials handling facility to a respective customer during the period of time that has been specified; code that determines, for each of the plurality of past shipments, a three-dimensional bounding box that encloses the corresponding product collection, at least some of the three-dimensional bounding boxes differing from one another; and code that generates a packaging suite from the three-dimensional bounding boxes determined for the plurality of past shipments, the packaging suite specifying a plurality of different sizes of packaging that are to be employed in the materials handling facility for future shipments originating from the materials handling facility. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A system, comprising:
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at least one computing device; and a packaging suite manager executable in the at least one computing device, the packaging suite manager comprising; logic that obtains data describing a plurality of shipments, each of the plurality of shipments corresponding to an item collection that has been shipped or will be shipped from a materials handling facility to a respective customer; logic that determines, for each of the plurality of shipments, a shipping volume that encloses the corresponding item collection, at least some of the shipping volumes differing from one another; and logic that generates a packaging suite from the shipping volumes determined for the plurality of shipments, the packaging suite specifying a plurality of different sizes of packaging that are to be employed in the materials handling facility for future shipments originating from the materials handling facility. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method, comprising:
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obtaining, in at least one computing device, data describing a plurality of shipments, each of the plurality of shipments corresponding to an item collection that has been shipped or will be shipped from a materials handling facility to a respective customer; determining, in the at least one computing device, for each of the plurality of shipments, a three-dimensional bounding box that encloses the corresponding item collection, at least some of the three-dimensional bounding boxes differing from one another; and generating, in the at least one computing device, a plurality of different sizes of packaging that are to be employed in the materials handling facility for future shipments originating from the materials handling facility, the plurality of different sizes of packaging being generated based at least in part on the three-dimensional bounding boxes and a corresponding three-dimensional buffering space determined for each of the plurality of different sizes of packaging. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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