Workers take the goods that have been gathered by the pickers out of the green bins and put them onto wooden trays. The trays then dump into wooden chutes, each of which represents an individual order. The choice of wood, rather than metal, for the trays and chutes was quite deliberate. Wilke explained, noting that this results in fewer damaged goods. A worker then grabs a shipping box from a revolving overhead rack and places the items in the box.
Gift wrapping comes next.
Amazon offers more than 60 wrapping options, with personalized cards and bows. The bags are cheaper for customers than traditional wrapping because they are so easy to use, making less work for the wrappers. All wrapped up Presentation options available for shoppers Amazon also recently introduced an option to let its customers order separate wrapping, with separate cards, for different gifts shipped to the same destination in the same box. Before boxes leave the slam lines, a machine tapes them shut, weighs them and stamps an address label on the outside. Coming off the line are boxes heading to everywhere from Wisconsin to Japan to the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia.