parts-to-picker en · NOUN
Meanings
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(qualifier:logistics, uncountable) An order picking method where the goods move in the direction of the picker.
In this paper we treat a special parts-to-picker system, which aims to avoid the basic drawbacks of these two systems. As a parts-to-picker system it avoids unproductive picker travel and, thus, high personnel costs. At the same time it aims at reducing idle time of specialized and expensive equipment.
2017 October 16, Nils Boysen, Dirk Briskorn and Simon Emde, “Parts-to-picker based order processing in a rack-moving mobile robots environment”, in European Journal of Operational Research, volume 262, number 2, United States, →DOI, pages 550-562:
Antonyms
picker-to-goods · picker-to-parts