Amazon has created technology that packages customer orders, a job that has previously been completed by human employees. The new technology is intended to replace workers, which could result in more than 1,000 job losses across the country. The order-packaging machines cost $1 million each, and pay for themselves in less than two years. These machines are another example of how Amazon is attempting to automate warehouse tasks in order to reduce labor costs.
See "Exclusive: Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs", Jeffrey Dastin, Reuters, May 13, 2019