kit fulfillment idea

An idea occurred to me:  take a picture of each kit parcel before mailing it (probably stolen from using USPS Informed Delivery all the time).  I've mentioned parcel wrapping previously:

https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2023/08/parcel-wrapping.html

But I realized that my parcels are rarely the same from order to order.  Sometimes I'll use a box or even make a box.  Often I re-use a bubble pack mailer.  It depends on what was ordered - something like a kit with an enclosure needs a box or a lot of bubble wrap since the phenolic is prone to damage.  But just a few IC chips can be slipped into a bubble pack mailer assuming I use a plastic shipping tube to lessen crush damage.

And always plenty of strapping tape !

But we all have multiple digital cameras now and oodles of digital storage space - why not use them ?  

I remember a friend from the GTE days mentioning one of his previous jobs at a company that made a check image digitizer - this was in the late 70s/early 80s.  It was done using the proverbial: "stone knives and bear skins".  Nowadays the person cashing a check does the digitization for the bank - just a mobile device required *and* endless app updates :)

 

source: https://youtu.be/F226oWBHvvI

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm