The delivery of finished goods.
FULFILLMENT
The process of taking an order and executing it by making it ready for delivery to its intended customer. It may involve warehouse pickup, packaging, labeling, etc.
WAREHOUSING
A large building with loading docks where finished goods are stored until delivery is needed.
TURNKEY MANUFACTURING
The process in which a company obtains all the components needed to manufacture a final product for another company.
TOLL MANUFACTURING
An arrangement in which a company processes raw materials or semi-finished goods for another company.
SUB-ASSEMBLY
A unit assembled separately but designed to fit with other units in a manufactured produc
PICK & PACK OPERATIONS
Processing small to large quantities of a product and disassembling them, picking the relevant product for each destination, repackaging these items and shipping them.
LABELING
When a label is applied to any surface of a product either by hand or automated. Relabeling would be to replace and put on a new label.
DROP SHIPPING
A supply chain management technique where the retailer does not keep goods in stock but instead orders are shipped directly to the consumer.
