Using AI for Optimizing Packing Design and Reducing Cost in E-Commerce
Hayder Zghair and Rushi Ganesh Konathala · 2025-07-04
This research explores how artificial intelligence (AI) can be leveraged to optimize packaging design, reduce operational costs, and enhance sustainability in e-commerce. As packaging waste and shipping inefficiencies grow alongside global online retail demand, traditional methods for determining box size, material use, and logistics planning have become economically and environmentally inadequate.
Hayder Zghair and Rushi Ganesh Konathala. 2025-07-04. Using AI for Optimizing Packing Design and Reducing Cost in E-Commerce. https://www.mdpi.com/2673-2688/6/7/146 (AI & Environment Resource Hub; record paper-355; collection snapshot 2026-09-15).
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