Suponiendo que estamos hablando de pallets y el flujo de materiales dentro de una fábrica, el "staging lane" es un carril (generalmente detrás del operador) en el que se deposita los materiales para que pasen a la siguiente fase (normalmente dotado de una cinta transportadora)

"Automated Conveyor and Sortation Systems. Automated conveyor and sortation systems can be combined with ASRS units or used in conjunction with manual picking with lift trucks in zone/wave picking systems. Either the ASRS or the lift truck operator delivers the pallet load to the conveyor, the conveyor system delivers the pallet to the shipping area where it is either manually sorted by lift trucks into the designated staging lane or a sortation system automatically sorts into a staging lane. Staging lanes can be equipped with automated or gravity fed unit-load conveyor"