Orders & Fulfillment
What is pick and pack?
Pick and pack is the warehouse work of retrieving the items on an order and packing them for shipment. Picking can be single-order, batched across many orders, zoned by area, or waved by carrier cut-off. Packing selects the carton, adds documentation, and applies the shipping label.
Picking strategy is the biggest lever on warehouse labor cost. Batch picking cuts travel time substantially over single-order picking at the cost of a sortation step, which is worth it above a volume threshold each operation has to find.
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