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Put-away

Meaning in logistics & supply chain, with examples

nounCommon term

In logistics & supply chain, put-away means: The step after receiving in which goods are moved from the dock to their storage locations and recorded in the system.

In Turkish: yerleştirme, rafa yerleştirme, adresleme

How it is used

A core warehouse process alongside receiving, picking and shipping. The WMS usually suggests the put-away location, and operators confirm it by scanning. As a verb it is two words: 'put the pallets away'.

Example sentences

  1. Put-away should be finished before the afternoon picking wave starts.

  2. Please put away the returns on the mezzanine, not in the main racks.

Common collocations

  • put-away location
  • put-away time
  • directed put-away
  • put goods away
  • goods receiptThe process of accepting delivered goods into a warehouse, checking them against the order and recording them in the stock system.
  • pickingThe warehouse task of taking the right items in the right quantities from their storage locations to fill customer orders.
  • WMSShort for warehouse management system: software that controls warehouse operations such as receiving, put-away, stock locations, picking and shipping.
  • warehouseA large building where goods, materials or products are received, stored and prepared for shipment.
  • forkliftA small powered vehicle with two metal arms at the front that slide under pallets to lift, move and stack heavy loads.

More terms: Warehousing

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