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order consolidation

order consolidation noun: an order picking method where several orders are arranged in a single shipment.

Noun

order consolidation (usually uncountable, plural order consolidations)

  1. (usually, logistics) An order picking method where several orders are arranged in a single shipment.
    • In this paper we describe and model in general terms the composite design and operating problems for a typical order-consolidation warehouse. These problems include warehouse layout, equipment and technology selection, item location, zoning, picker routing, pick list generation and order batching.1992 April 10, Ann E. Gray, Uday S. Karmarkar and Abraham Seidmann, “Design and operation of an order-consolidation warehouse: Models and application”, in European Journal of Operational Research...
    Synonyms:
    co-packing

Synonyms of order consolidation

Forms of order consolidation

pluralorder consolidations

Questions about order consolidation

What does order consolidation mean?
Order consolidation means an order picking method where several orders are arranged in a single shipment.
What part of speech is order consolidation?
Order consolidation is a noun.
What is the plural of order consolidation?
The plural of order consolidation is order consolidations.

Words near order consolidation in the dictionary

  1. order about
  2. order arms
  3. order around
  4. order book
  5. order books
  6. order consolidation
  7. order consolidations
  8. order form
  9. order in
  10. order in council
  11. order mark

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