Putaway Basics
This process moves received inventory from staging to its assigned storage location.
What is putaway?
The process of selecting products to fulfill customer orders.
What is picking?
Operators must wear this equipment while working in warehouse environments.
What is PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)?
The document that lists products being shipped to a customer.
What is a packing slip?
This process combines multiple orders into one shipment.
What is consolidation?
This system-directed identifier tells an associate exactly where inventory should be stored.
What is a location code?
This warehouse document identifies products, quantities, and destinations for movement.
What is a work order or task?
Before operating powered equipment, associates must have this.
What is certification or training?
The process of selecting products for customer orders
What is picking?
Before loading a trailer, associates should inspect this.
What is trailer condition?
Inventory should be placed in this type of location to maximize space utilization and accessibility.
What is the correct storage location?
FIFO stands for this inventory management method.
What is First In, First Out?
Overloading a rack can result in this serious hazard.
What is rack failure or collapse?
This confirms the correct product and quantity before shipment.
What is order
Scanning products helps reduce these.
What are shipping errors?
Scanning this before and after moving product helps maintain inventory accuracy.
What is the license plate (LP) or pallet ID?
This KPI measures how accurately inventory is stored and recorded.
What is inventory accuracy?
This should always be checked before placing a pallet into a rack location.
What is the pallet condition and rack capacity?
This barcode is scanned before a shipment leaves the facility.
What is a shipping label?
A shipment that contains more items than ordered is called this.
What is an over-shipment?
Putting inventory into the wrong location creates this inventory problem.
What is a location discrepancy (or inventory inaccuracy)?
This activity verifies inventory counts without shutting down operations.
What is cycle counting?
The safest action when you discover damaged product in a putaway task.
What is report and quarantine the damaged product?
Sending the wrong SKU to a customer creates this type of shipping error.
What are a mis-ship?
Damage discovered after loading should be reported immediately to this person.
Who is the supervisor or shipping lead?