routing slip
Office document path
A routing slip is a form attached to a document, package, or file indicating who should receive it and in what order.
Each recipient checks off their name or initials before passing it along: Add your signature to the routing slip and send it to the next person on the list.
Common in office environments for circulating memos, reports, or items requiring multiple approvals.
Movement through a system
- approvalFavorable opinion given
- sign-offFormal ending gesture
- reviewCritical written assessment
- forwardingRedirecting to another location
sequential · initialing · handoff · processing · distribution · comments · annotations · checkboxes
Between company departments
- internalSituated within
- clericalOf office duties
- paperworkAdministrative written tasks
- bureaucraticExcessively procedural
procedural · form · preprinted · carbon copy · triplicate · filing · records · standardized
Connection or fondness
- accompanyingGoing along with another
- cover sheetIntroductory document page
- chain of custodyDocumented evidence handling sequence
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
logging · timestamp · received · forwarded · pending · status · location · progress
Brief internal message
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- instructionsGuidance on how to proceed
- notificationFormal notice given
- directiveFormal command or instruction
message · request · inquiry · feedback · notes · remarks · advisory · information
circulation
Movement through a system
forwarding · sequential · initialing · handoff · processing · distribution · comments · annotations · checkboxes · signatures
interoffice
Between company departments
bureaucratic · procedural · form · preprinted · carbon copy · triplicate · filing · records · standardized · official
attachment
Connection or fondness
- accompanyingGoing along with another
- cover sheetIntroductory document page
- chain of custodyDocumented evidence handling sequence
accountability · logging · timestamp · received · forwarded · pending · status · location · progress · whereabouts
memo
Brief internal message
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- instructionsGuidance on how to proceed
- notificationFormal notice given
directive · message · request · inquiry · feedback · notes · remarks · advisory · information · action items
- bureaucratic toolsforms, stamps, rubber stamp, clipboard, filing cabinet
- office mailmemo, envelope, mailroom, inbox, outbox
- memosmemo, memos, internal memo, policy memo, legal memo
- office documentsmemo, memorandum, report, agenda, minutes
- postal itemsstamp, stamps, postcard, envelopes, envelope
- bank formssignature card, direct deposit form, transfer request, balance inquiry, wire transfer form
routing slipmass distribution
Widespread item dispersal
mass mailing · broadcast · bulletin board · email blast · archive
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