The unloading point is the decisive point of delivery to the customer or the destination of the delivery. In logistics, it is important to understand that the unloading point does not necessarily have to correspond to the removal unit, which creates space for versatile and optimized processes.

In shortened two-stage picking, an outer packaging unit is taken as the first unloading point as an example. However, picked sales units are then placed in customer-specific picking containers. This shows that the unloading point varies at different levels and does not necessarily correspond to the unit that was taken directly from the warehouse.

The use of the unloading point in logistics opens up the possibility of precise control of the unloading point at different levels. This flexibility not only promotes efficient delivery process design, but also facilitates the traceability of goods movements right up to the final destination. Companies can optimize their delivery processes as the unloading point can be precisely defined at various points in the flow of goods.