In a warehouse or other location from which ordered goods are shipped to an ordering party, such as a fulfillment center, items of stock progress through a number of stages after being ordered from a vendor and before being shipped to a customer. For example, an inbound process for items of stock may include delivery of the items of stock at a warehouse, a sort process in which the items of stock are sorted by a first worker into a number of categories, a receive process in which the items of stock are entered into inventory by a second worker individually scanning each item with a portable electronic device and a stow process in which the items of stock are placed by a third worker in an appropriate storage location until being ordered by a customer. An outbound process may similarly include a number of processes. Each of these processes takes time and effort.