- Inbound document: what you expect to receive from a supplier, with products and quantities.
- Receipt: the record of what actually arrived, scanned on the handheld.
- Put-away: moving received goods to their storage location.
- Location: a place in the warehouse with a code, for example A-05-03-2 (zone, aisle, rack and level).
- Outbound document: what must be shipped to a customer or to another warehouse.
- Allocation: the stock (location, lot and quantity) that Chainlink reserves for each outbound line, by FEFO or FIFO.
- Picking: taking from its location what an outbound document requests.
- FEFO / FIFO: first expired, first out / first in, first out.
- Pick face: the location a product is picked from; it is replenished from reserve.
- Replenishment: moving goods from reserve to the pick face.
- Pallet (LPN): a load base with its own code that moves as a unit.
- Package: a box or parcel prepared for shipping.
- Shipment: loading packages and pallets onto a vehicle.
- Quarantine: goods that cannot be used until they are inspected.
- Shrinkage: goods written off due to damage, expiration or loss.
Getting started
Warehouse glossary
What each term means in Chainlink: receiving, put-away, picking, replenishment, pick face, pallet, package, shipment, quarantine and shrinkage.
All plans
Updated October 28, 2026 by the Business in a Wave team
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