In plain English
A pick face is the location pickers take goods from when filling orders. Replenishment is the act of topping up that location with stock held in reserve storage. Its purpose is to keep enough goods there for order picking.
In context
Here, replenishment names the task of refilling forward picking locations from reserve stock so enough goods are available there for order picking.
- Situation
- Managing warehouse receiving, inventory, picking, packing, and dispatch
- What it communicates
- names the task of refilling forward picking locations from stock.
Meaning limits
The term by itself does not say when the refill happens or how much stock is moved.
Examples
“When the tea pick face emptied, replenishment brought cases down from reserve storage for the next wave of order picking.”
“The bottle pick face needs replenishment from reserve stock before the afternoon orders are picked.”