Information Systems

A tag that is attached to an object in order to provide information:

• scanner

• label

• bar code

• WMS

Triggered without human intervention:

• automatic

• by hand

• manual

• terminal

A series of vertical lines that form a code which can be read by a scanner

• bar code

• scanner

• printed on-site

• WMS

A device that uses a laser to read bar code information

• printer on-site

• scanner

• radio frequency identification

• terminal

The process of collecting and converting data for information systems:

• data acquisition

• real-time

• RF/ID

• MES

A distribution management system used to track shipping and receiving:

• WMS

• MES

• RF/ID

• automatic

Updated at the time of each change:

• real-time

• on-site

• automatic

• line-of-sight access

Which ones are true about the RF/ID:

• this is used only when line-of-sight access is not avaiable

• information must be entered manually

• information is entered using bar codes

• Codes are read by scanner

What system is used to direct and control production?

• MES

• WMS

• RF/ID

• data acquisition

Which system is used to manage receiving, putaway, picking, packing and shipping?

• MES

• WMS

• RF/ID

• automatic