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Picking
Physical preparation of an order.
Picking
The process of taking items from stocks of finished products to be shipped to the customer, or taking components to manufacture products.
Picking List
List of packages of goods that are required to prepare an order.
Piggyback
The transport of loaded semi-trailers on railway wagons (combined road-rail).
Piggyback transport
The transport by rail of a suitably adapted semi-trailer on a special wagon called a “pocket wagon”