LSCM

An increase in the number of warehouses will

• Decrease the total warehousing cost

• Increase the total inventory of items stored

• Increase the last mile transportation cost

• Will increase the number of unfulfilled orders

De-centralization of warehouses is preferred when:

• Product value is high

• Purchase order value is high

• Customer servicing requirement is high

• There is a need for special warehousing which entail extra investments in storage & material handling equipment

Storage Racks and Forklifts in warehouses

• Reduces capex expenditure

• Increase cubic space utilization

• Increase the manual product handling

• Increases manpower requirements

Inventory tracking in a computerized warehouse management system will use-

• Bin cards on each location

• Geographical locations of storage separately maintained in a spreadsheet application like MS-Excel

• Bar codes / QR codes affixed on the product

• Manual slips on every product

Some of the warehouse productivity metrics are  

• Kgs. loaded per hour

• # of Line items picked per person per hour

• Throughput in kgs. for the warehouse per day

• All the stated options

A “put-away” process in the warehouse refers to

• Unloading of the items from the incoming truck

• Loading of the items to the outgoing truck

• Identifying a storage location and moving the unloaded items to that location

• Storing defective items in a separate location

Which of the following is not a Material Handling Equipment ?

• Stacker

• Pallet

• Order Picker

• Forklift

A “Pallet” can be described as

• Available only in a standard fixed dimension

• Is only made of wood

• A platform on which goods are placed

• All the stated options

A “3PL” organization is

• Not responsible for labor compliances in the warehouse operated by them for customers

• Not responsible for order generation but responsible for order fulfilment

• Not a custodian of the stocks

• None of the stated options

Which of the following is NOT associated with a “4PL” organization :

• A system integrator

• Manages the entire supply chain

• Owns all the warehouse and transportation assets

• Coordinates with all 3PLs