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Quality control
A facility-specific procedure for ensuring that inventory is complete and undamaged. The ViewâQuality Control screen lets you place inventory or lots on hold for a variety of reasons, to prevent Enterprise/EMS from allocating them to shipment orders.
Source: HK EMS Glossary  
Quality Level
A parameter associated with a specific SKU load or lot. Subsequent retrieval requests can use this parameter to select specific classes of loads.
Source: HK Systems' Company Glossary of Terms  
Que Master
A cylindrical helix expanding to store packaged goods and contracting to dispense product on demand.
Source: HK Systems' Company Glossary of Terms  
Queue
An ordered list of items (material transaction, move commands, responses, etc.) awaiting their turn to be processed or serviced.
Source: HK Systems' Company Glossary of Terms  
Queue
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