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Behind Amazon’s Optimized Packaging Strategy

Behind Amazon’s Optimized Packaging Strategy

As the world’s biggest e-commerce retailer on the planet, whether you love them or hate them, there’s a lot you can learn from Amazon.

With the vast amount of packages Amazon ships out, they also need to take into account the environmental impact of all that cardboard.

How does Amazon optimize their packaging? Using machine learning, see how they do it.

Production Exodus Out of China Continues

While it’s an easier said than done thing to do, to move your production out of China, we’re seeing more and more businesses realize they don’t want to be 100% dependent on Chinese manufacturers only.

While some companies are looking to spread out production risk to Vietnam and India, some are also looking to move production to Mexico.

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