Packsmith

Packsmith

Technology, Information and Internet

Los Angeles, California 1,037 followers

Intelligent, distributed fulfillment for growing e-commerce brands.

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Intelligent, distributed fulfillment for growing brands.

Website
http://www.packsmith.io
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Company size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
Type
Privately Held
Founded
2021

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    Phillip Akhzar

    Packaging API

    Last-mile delivery is one of the hardest parts of fulfillment. Especially for eco-friendly/sustainable brands. So if you're looking to cut back on your carbon footprint, here are 3 things you can do (courtesy of Ben Wunderman at Packsmith): 1️⃣ Distribute inventory and localize fulfillment Last mile delivery = 53% of an e-commerce brand’s total shipping cost. Brands typically ship from far away, increasing cost, time, & emissions. Solution? Bring inventory closer to customers! Localized fulfillment can reduce last-mile emissions by 17%-26% by 2025 and reduce transportation-related emissions by up to 50%. 2️⃣ Consolidate shipments and optimize routes Transport is e-commerce’s largest CO2 contributor. But with algorithmic routing, we can consolidate & optimize. One full van can replace 100+ car deliveries, reducing fuel use, congestion & shipping costs. Using zero-emission vehicles can further cut last mile emissions by 27%. Brands have had little influence over last mile delivery...until now. Companies like Packsmith are reshaping this with distributed inventory optimization! 3️⃣ Choose “order optimized” sustainable packaging Packaging = largest e-commerce emission source. Solution? Reduce shipped air & right-size packages. Sustainable materials can replace plastics, maintaining brand appeal & package durability. Substituting cardboard boxes with sustainable alternatives can reduce emissions by 36%. Just these three actions alone can make a huge difference. And it's a good selling point if your brand is "eco-friendly." Like this thread? Take a moment to share! And if you need help making custom packaging for your small business, DM me.

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    Ben Wunderman

    Co-Founder & CEO at Packsmith 🏗️ 📦 🚚 📈 | Building the future of distributed, intelligent e-commerce logistics | Early Lyft, Postmates, & Cruise | EV, AV, Delivery Logistics Ops | OnDeck Climate Tech (#ODCT2)

    With more orders fulfilled and shipped in the past *week* than the entire past month combined, we are currently pushing though the joy and pain of hitting early hypergrowth at Packsmith. 📈 🚀 But here is the thing: technology is (just) a tool. Or a set of tools. The *most* impactful forms of technology are (just) tools. Or sets of tools. The most impactful forms of AI/ML are (still) just tools. Or sets of tools. Why? Because the most impactful technologies are force multipliers for *human* action and agency. The most impactful technologies 10x, 100x, or 1000x our agency. What do we think of when we think of a "tool"? A hammer? An axe? A screwdriver? A wrench? That is where my mind goes. As Ursula Le Guin has pointed out, the first impactful technological innovation was likely a humble container—a sack, a bag, a net, a box, or another form of receptacle. The container saved us massive amounts of energy and accelerated our agency in the world. The first deeply impactful technology wasn't a spear or an axe or a hammer or a drill or a sword or a wrench. It was a box. At Packsmith, we started with the box. But now we are layering new tools over the top of the box—including AI/ML—without loosing the "human in the loop" connection needed to use AI/ML as a force muliplier for human agency and action in e-commerce logistics today rather than as a weapon against it tomorrow. As we make quick progress under the technical leadership of Simon Robb and the expertise of Bailey Stimac along with many others, it is amazing what you can enable for growing e-commerce brands and for consumers when you think *within* the confines of the container: fraud detection, error reduction, data-driven tagging, probabilistic fulfillment bundles, and much more. Stay tuned as we continue to build faster than ever. ⚡

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