Method of picking orders in which items on one order are picked before items on next order is picked.

• A. Dispatching
• B. Distribution
• C. Discrete order picking
• D. Demand planning

Answer: (C)

The described method is discrete order picking: you complete picking all items for one order before starting to pick the next order. This approach emphasizes finishing one order in its entirety in a single pass, which helps ensure high order accuracy and straightforward packing, since items for each customer order stay grouped together until packed.

In CPIM terms, other picking methods exist to improve efficiency for high-volume operations—batch picking groups items for multiple orders to reduce walking, zone picking assigns pickers to specific zones and then combines items for each order, and wave picking coordinates timing and flow. The prompt’s emphasis on finishing one order before moving to the next matches discrete order picking exactly.

Choices like dispatching involve releasing orders to the floor rather than how items are picked, distribution is broader handling of goods, and demand planning is forecasting.