Abstract: A method for automatically counting and identifying articles in a received consignment as well as, among other things, determining if the articles are damaged. The method includes obtaining an article identifier of a received consignment containing one or more articles and acquiring one or more images of the consignment with a device with a camera. The method further includes determining, with a first machine-learned model processing the one or more images, a class of each of the one or more articles forming a set of determined classes and determining a quantity for each class in the set of determined classes. The method further includes making a first determination of whether the article identifier matches the set of determined classes and the quantity of each class in the set of determined classes, and determining, with a second machine-learned model, whether a first article of the one or more articles is damaged.