discrete picking

noun

Synonym of pick-to-order.

Meanings

noundiscrete picking (uncountable)
  1. uncountablelogisticsSynonym of pick-to-order.
    1 more example

    The most basic is discrete picking in which a worker is responsible for a full request. Zone picking consists of dividing a warehouse into several zones (blocks), and an operator is accountable for collecting all products inside this zone. In batch picking, several requests are combined, so each product is collected in more copious quantities.

    2019 March 29, Fernando Zelak Leite Bastos, Cassius Tadeu Scarpin and Jose Eduardo Pécora Junior, “Picking planning and quality control analysis using discrete simulation: case in a food industry”, in DYNA, volume 86, number 208, Colombia, →DOI

    Synonyms: pick-to-order

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of pick-to-order.

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