codequest

Returns are eating margins; about 17% of 2024 sales were returned. This talk shows a field‑tested Vision AI playbook at the edge to cut avoidable returns and packing errors, speed up receiving/put‑away, and keep conveyors running. We’ll cover sub‑200 ms inference on low‑cost devices, robust pipelines for harsh warehouse conditions (dust, motion blur, low light), and zero‑downtime rollouts (canary/blue‑green) so Ops never stalls. You’ll leave with a concrete, vendor‑agnostic checklist: from camera layout and synthetic data to CI/CD, service mesh, and rollback within 60 s, plus ROI math you can take to Finance tomorrow. No hype, just the knobs that move the numbers: defect detection, label/pack verification, fraud flags at intake, and automated returns grading.