Industrial

We help you discover the technical terms and acronyms of the Logistics and Supply Chain Management industry.

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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”