In plain English
This happens after goods are received. Workers place the items in the specific warehouse locations assigned for storage.
In context
Here, "putaway" names the task of taking received stock to its assigned storage locations in the warehouse.
- Situation
- Managing warehouse receiving, inventory, picking, packing, and dispatch
- What it communicates
- names the task of moving received stock into storage locations.
Meaning limits
The term itself does not say which locations are assigned or whether the movement has been completed.
Examples
“After receiving, the pallets waited by the dock for putaway.”
“The night shift handles putaway for stock received in the afternoon.”