Pick-to-order

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Noun
  1. 1
    An order picking method where the picker manually retrieves ordered items one by one before shipping. It is usually used in small businesses. uncountable

    "Concerning the performance of order picking methods (pick-to-order and pick-to-article) it is proven by Hong et al. (Citation2012) that pick-to-article method delivers better results in the V.N.A. shelf-area warehouse, especially from the operational point of view."

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discrete pickingpick-by-orderpicking by skuptosingle order picking

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"Concerning the performance of order picking methods (pick-to-order and pick-to-article) it is proven by Hong et al. (Citation2012) that pick-to-article method delivers better results in the V.N.A. shelf-area warehouse, especially from the operational point of view."

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