pick-and-sort

English

Noun

pick-and-sort (uncountable)

  1. (logistics) An order picking method where goods are picked first and sorted later.
    Antonym: sort-while-pick
    • 2022 January, Xiaowei Jiang, Lijun Sun, Yuankai Zhang and Xiangpei Hu, “Order batching and sequencing for minimising the total order completion time in pick-and-sort warehouses”, in Expert Systems with Applications, volume 187, Netherlands, →DOI:
      First, the pick-and-sort strategy is now being widely used in most warehouses, such as warehouses in JD. Second, Van Nieuwenhuyse and De Koster (2009) show that the pick-and-sort strategy is superior to the sort-while-pick strategy in almost every setting. However, the pick-and-sort strategy brings new challenges.
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