Material Handling Glossary | P
Pallet
A load supporting structure usually built with
wooden front-to-back stringers and top and
bottom decks with openings that allow pick
up and transportation by a fork truck. Pallet
specifications should be stated as length
(stringer) x width.
Pallet Truck
Basic unit load handlers, sometimes called
“pallet jacks”. Can be customized with options
such as skid adapters.
Pareto's Law
The premise that 20% of the inventory will
require 80% of the picking activity as it pertains
to materials handling.
Usually at the end of a rack row and used as
a temporary drop station to hold pallets for
movement into a rack system or retrieve pallets
out of the rack system. Pick up and delivery
point for incoming and outgoing loads into a
rack system. Positioned to maximize vehicle
efficiency.
Pick Process
Picking from stock items required to fill a given
order or group of orders and governed by an
operating discipline imposed on the picking
task and defined by the picking method and the
organization of the work assignment.
Pieces
The number of units of a specific SKU or line
item on an order or the total number contained
on an order of all SKU’s picked.
Process Optimization
Making a process as efficient as possible,
maximizing time. Increasing the efficiency
of a given operation, as in maximizing space
utilization and minimizing labor requirements
= improved work/product flow. Eliminates
unnecessary functions.
