Which term refers to the method of subdividing a picking list by areas within a storeroom for efficient and rapid order picking and requires grouping to a single location before delivery or to different locations such as work centers?

• A. Zone
• B. Zone picking
• C. Yokoten
• D. United Nations Global Compact

Answer: (A)

Dividing the picking activity into zones within the storeroom creates distinct geographic areas, or zones, that each picker can work in. This setup reduces travel time because a picker concentrates on a smaller portion of the warehouse, allowing faster, more efficient picks. After items are collected from their respective zones, they are gathered at a single staging location for consolidation or shipped directly to different destinations such as work centers. That consolidation step—bringing zone-picked items together for delivery or routing to the appropriate downstream locations—fits the idea of zone-based organization. Yokoten and the United Nations Global Compact aren’t related to warehousing pick strategies, so they don’t describe this method.