Check out our Office terms glossary
Order picking
Picking method in which the mission of each individual warehouse operator is to fulfil a complete order or a fraction of the order.
Order planning
The planning necessary to carry out orders over subsequent periods, given the delivery times agreed for the orders and the time necessary for the various operations that must be carried out for each order and dependent on the resources available and requested.
Order point
The management model for the material inventory using an order point involves re-ordering a purchase lot every time the stock drops to the level set as the order point.
Order processing
The series of activities required to process an order.
Order-notify
This is a shipment requiring the consignee to surrender the original endorsed bill of lading at delivery. A shipper may use this method to guarantee payment for goods shipped. It’s most commonly used with truckload shipments.
