Product grouping or consolidation refers to the process of reorganizing and grouping products for uniform management during storage and transportation. This is an established phenomenon in the logistics industry due to its benefits in terms of cost savings and increased productivity.
For transport, consolidation of goods from several clients in a truck (container in the case of maritime or intermodal transport) in order to avoid sending half of the products to one client.
Warehouses apply product consolidation as part of the various operations of receiving, putting away, order picking, and shipping products. The scope of this practice is described below.