Shipping day 2 pre quiz exam

   Despite all of the initiatives in e-commerce, supply chain integration, efficient consumer response, quick response, and just-in-time delivery, the supply chain connecting manufacturing with end consumers will never be so well coordinated that warehousing will be completely ____________.

 

 

• Eliminated

• Flexible

  ___________ and ______________ performance are immense in warehouse operations.

 

• Accuracy and cycle time

• Inaccuracy and cycle speed

   A warehouse that holds raw materials at or near the point of induction into a manufacturing or assembly process is a _________________________________.

 

• Raw material and component warehouse

• Distribution warehouse and finished goods warehouse

A warehouse that holds partially completed assemblies and products at various points along an assembly or production line is a ______________________________.

 

• Work in progress warehouse

• Component warehouse

A warehouse that accumulates and consolidates products from various points of manufacture within a single firm, or from several firms, for combined shipment to common customers is a ________________________________.

 

•   Fulfillment warehouse and fulfillment center

• Distribution warehouse and distribution center

  A warehouse that receives, picks, and ships small orders for individual customers is a _______________________________________.

 

• Fulfillment warehouse and fulfillment center

• Distribution warehouse and distribution center

Warehousing is expensive, making up between two and five percent of the ______________ of a corporation.

 

• Cost of goods

• Cost of Sale

Creating and maintaining order, item activity and planning reports to identify root causes of process impediments and breakthrough opportunities for improvement is the principle of ______________________.

 

 

• Profiling

• Benchmarking

Reconfiguring warehouse processes by eliminating and streamlining as much work content as possible is the principle of ___________________.

 

 

• Innovating

• Automating

When products are received in bulk from a supplier and subsequently packaged singly, in merchandisable quantities, or in combinations with other parts to form kits or assortments is the function of ______________.

 

• Prepackaging

• Order picking