Dynamic weighted volume thresholds for inventory totes

An inventory system, comprising:

• a conveyer apparatus configured to convey items to be placed in containers;
• a transfer apparatus configured to receive the items from the conveyer apparatus and transfer the items to the containers;
• and a computer system operably coupled with the conveyer apparatus and the transfer apparatus, the computer system configured to:
• identify an identification number associated with an item that is transportable on the conveyer apparatus of the inventory system;
• identify dimensions of the item and a destination location for the item associated with the identification number;
• route the item to a location of the inventory system associated with the destination location via the conveyer apparatus;
• determine a volume category of a plurality of volume categories for the item based on the dimensions of the item, each volume category of the plurality of volume categories associated with a range of volumes and a category weight;
• determine a weighted volume for the item based on the category weight associated with the volume category and an actual volume of the item determined from the dimensions of the item;
• compare a volume threshold of a container at the location with a weighted average volume based on a current weighted volume of items in the container and the weighted volume for the item;
• cause the transfer apparatus to transfer the item to the container from the conveyer apparatus in response to determining that the volume threshold of the container does not match or exceed the weighted average volume of the current weighted volume of items in the container and the weighted volume for the item;
• subsequent to transferring the item to the container:
• determine an update to the volume threshold for the container based on a sum of the actual volume of items in the container and a total volume capacity of the container;
• compare the weighted average volume of the items in the container to the updated volume threshold, the weighted average volume determined based on a sum of weighted volumes of items in the container and the sum of the actual volume of items in the container;
• and eject the container from the inventory system in response to determining that the updated volume threshold matches or exceeds the weighted average volume of the items in the container.