"Secret" codes on Amazon packages: what they mean
Created: 12/27/2022, 4:27 p.m
By: Kilian Bäuml
There is always a code on Amazon packages.
However, hardly anyone knows what it means – find out here.
Kassel – Amazon is the largest online retailer in the world - the company sends thousands of packages and parcels every day.
A study by the IFH Cologne already showed for the year 2020 that 94 percent of online buyers are also Amazon customers.
The packages from Amazon hold a little mystery for customers - a code that can be found on every package.
Why is it printed on the Amazon packages?
There is a practical use behind the "secret" code of the Amazon packages.
He helps ensure that the orders can leave the warehouse quickly.
Amazon packages: This is what the letters in the code mean
The codes on the Amazon packages are important for logistics.
When orders are shipped, the size and width of the packages are identified by the code,
chip.de
reports .
The employees then do not have to think about which size to use for an order.
This allows the delivery to be sent faster.
One employee can handle up to 300 packages in one hour.
Letter | size |
|---|---|
A | small |
M | medium |
E | great |
Amazon's A-packets are mostly envelopes.
The number indicates how big they are.
In it, for example, memory cards or books are delivered.
Medium-sized goods are already sent in packages.
Perfumes, for example, are shipped in size M.
Larger orders or orders of multiple products will be sent in one package with the code E.
Large Amazon packages and small content: Why are the packages so often too big?
The logistics employees do not themselves decide in which package size an order is to be shipped.
An algorithm decides how big the packaging has to be.
A larger package is often used to ensure that an order is not constricted and damaged.
The code indicates the size of the packet.
(Iconic image) © Michael Bihlmayer/Imago
“We use a variety of technologies, including package size algorithms, frustration-free packaging and box-on-demand, to determine the most appropriate box size so that the order is protected from our warehouse to the customer's doorstep,” explains Thorsten Schwindhammer , PR Manager at Amazon, to
t-online.de
.
However, the standard boxes only go up to a certain size.
If a very large order has to be shipped, for example a parasol, a special packaging machine is used.
This machine then cuts a suitable cardboard box for transport.
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