package handling
Moving boxed goods
Package handling is the process of moving, sorting, loading, and delivering parcels and shipments.
The term appears most often in shipping and logistics contexts: The warehouse hired extra workers for package handling during the holidays.
It also refers to fees charged for this service: Shipping was free but package handling added twelve dollars.
- heavy liftingArduous physical or mental exertion
- liftingRaising something heavy
- loadingAdding weight or cargo
- loading dockRaised platform for freight
- forkliftPowered pallet-hoisting vehicle
sorting · stacking · assembly line · labeling · shipping label · fragile · transferring · ergonomics · back injury · conveyor belt · dolly · pallet jack · tracking systems · wrapping · hand truck · robotic arm · parcel · inventory management
- postmaster dutiesmail sorting, delivery routes, mail forwarding, postal regulations, route planning
- logisticsshipping, delivery, warehouses, warehousing, shipment
- shippingshipping, cargo ships, container ships, freight, merchant ships
- shipping termson-time delivery, expedited, en route, postage, cash on delivery
logistics process stage
package handlingpackage delivery
Transporting parcels to destinations
package pickup · dispatch · warehousing · transportation · drop-off