___________ and ______________ performance are immense in warehouse operations.

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

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

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 ________________________________.

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

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

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 ______________________.

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

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 ______________.

   The process of removing items from storage to meet a specific demand and is the basic service of the warehouse to their customers and the function that most warehouse designs are based is the function of __________________.

An optional step after the picking process where individual items or assortments are containerized for more convenient use is the function of _________________________.

Checking orders for completeness, packaging merchandise in appropriate shipping containers, preparing shipment documents, including packing list, address labels and bills of lading, loading trucks, accumulating orders by outbound carrier, and weighing shipments to determine shipping charges is the function of ________________________.

The systematic analysis of item and order activity is _____________________________.

What do customers really want from the warehouse?  _____________________________.

When we are designing a warehouse operations we must understand the profile of _____________________

Three warehousing operation strategies; family mix, handling unit, and order increment are examples of ________________________.

When the overall operating strategy of the warehouse is dictated by the order mix, from items from multiple families of items is call _______________________.

When we look at investment to automate we’d like the cost of capital investment to be between two and five percent, with a return on investment is seven to 12 percent over a period of three to five years.  Those economic justification conditions are more common in ___________ and ______________.