Picking

How it is used

Often the most labour-intensive warehouse activity. People talk about picking accuracy, pick lists, pickers and methods such as batch picking, zone picking and pick-to-light. The verb is 'pick': 'the order is being picked'.

Example sentences

1. Picking errors dropped by half after we introduced handheld scanners.

2. Picking for the afternoon trucks starts at ten.

Common collocations

• order picking
• picking accuracy
• pick list
• batch picking
• picking area

Related terms

• put-awayThe step after receiving in which goods are moved from the dock to their storage locations and recorded in the system.
• warehouseA large building where goods, materials or products are received, stored and prepared for shipment.
• WMSShort for warehouse management system: software that controls warehouse operations such as receiving, put-away, stock locations, picking and shipping.
• dispatchTo send goods or a vehicle off to a destination, usually after the order has been picked, packed and checked.
• fulfillmentAll the steps needed to get an order to the customer, from receiving the order and picking and packing it to shipping it and handling returns.

More terms: Warehousing

• pallet
• forklift
• loading dock
• goods receipt
• cross-docking