Shipping and Receiving Week 3 day 2 Quiz

________ is the highest priority activity in the warehouse for productivity improvement.

• Order accumulation

• Order replenishment

• Order packing

• Order picking

Order picking represents a large portion of the warehouse:

• Labor cost

• Maintenance cost

• Least cost

• Operating cost

The most labor-intensive function is the warehouse is:

• Staging

• Sorting

• Order Picking

• Order packing

Order picking utilizes the majority of the ________ in a warehouse operation.

• Supervision

• Workforce

• Customers

• Vendors

   New operating programs include;

• Just-in-Time /Cycle time reduction

• Slow response / Cycle time increase

• Pick and pack / Value added

• Sorting / Accumulation

Renewed emphasis on quality improvements and customer service have forced warehouse managers to reexamine the order picking activity from the standpoint of minimizing;

 

 

 

• Reducing picking accuracy / Improving transaction time

• Reducing transaction times / Improving picking accuracy

• Reducing sorting time / Improve packaging accuracy

• Reducing labor rates / Improve production time

The conventional responses to these increased requirements to hire more people or to invest in more automated equipment have been stymied by:

• Labor rates and low hurdle rates

• Labor quality and competitive rates

• Labor shortages and high hurdle rates

The most effective improvement strategies are;

 

• Order sequencing / slot chartering

• Order batching / slotting optimization

• Order sorting / slot storing

• Order packaging / slotting estimation

When a customer is required to order in full-carton quantities, the larger the carton the ___________ in the warehouse.

• More the picks

• Eliminate the picks

• Fewer the picks

• None of the Above

The acronym STP stands for:

• Stop-taking-products

• Standard-training-procedures

• Stock-to-picker

• Stock-to-product line