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single order picking

single order picking noun: synonym of pick-to-order.

Noun

single order picking (uncountable)

  1. (logistics) Synonym of pick-to-order.
    • When orders are fairly large, each order can be picked individually (i.e. one order per picking tour). This way of picking is often referred as the single order picking policy (or discrete picking or pick-by-order). However, when orders are small, there is a potential for reducing travel times by...2007 October 16, René de Koster, Tho Le-Duc and Kees Jan Roodbergen, “Design and control of warehouse order picking: A literature review”, in European Journal of Operational Research, volume 182...
    Synonyms:
    pick-to-order

Synonyms of single order picking

Questions about single order picking

What does single order picking mean?
Single order picking means synonym of pick-to-order.
What part of speech is single order picking?
Single order picking is a noun.

Words near single order picking in the dictionary

  1. single market
  2. single markets
  3. single money
  4. single mother
  5. single mothers
  6. single order picking
  7. single out
  8. single pane of glass
  9. single panes of glass
  10. single parent
  11. single parented

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