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zone-wave picking

zone-wave picking noun: an order picking method that combines zone picking and wave picking.

Noun

zone-wave picking (uncountable)

  1. (logistics) An order picking method that combines zone picking and wave picking.
    • After investigating five order picking strategies, namely discrete, batch, sequential zone, simultaneous zoning and simultaneous zone-wave picking, concluded that simultaneous zone-wave picking and batch picking are superior and that their results are not so much affected by changes in demand...2013 March, Desima Fivaz, “SKU duplication on a unidirectional picking line”, in w: Stellenbosch University, South Africa, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2025

Questions about zone-wave picking

What does zone-wave picking mean?
Zone-wave picking means an order picking method that combines zone picking and wave picking.
What part of speech is zone-wave picking?
Zone-wave picking is a noun.

Words near zone-wave picking in the dictionary

  1. Zone VII
  2. zone-batch picking
  3. zone-batch-wave picking
  4. zone-tailed hawk
  5. zone-tailed hawks
  6. zone-wave picking
  7. zoned
  8. zoned in
  9. zoned off
  10. zoned out
  11. zoneless

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