In plain English
It counts the packaged boxes the goods are grouped into, rather than the individual items inside them. In this sense, those packages are shipping cases or cartons. The value is how many such cases or cartons are included in the goods being recorded.
In context
Here, it labels the field for the number of cases or cartons in the goods being checked.
- Situation
- Managing warehouse receiving, inventory, picking, packing, and dispatch
- What it communicates
- names the form field for the number of cases or cartons checked.
Meaning limits
By itself, the term does not state how many individual items are inside each case or carton.
Examples
“The case count was 12, even though each carton held 40 jars.”
“During the check, the worker entered 12 under case count.”