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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
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
Which of the following is true regarding public warehousing organizations?
Manage multiple clients under one roof
Capex for infrastructure is not invested by them but, by their customers
They are not responsible for inventory accuracy
All the stated options
Which of the following is not part of a 3PL contract between a customer and a service provider?
Mentions duration of contract with termination clauses for both parties
Mentions responsibility of inventory with service provider and the liability clauses if any
Mentions the sales target to be completed by the warehouse
Details the Key Performance Metrics of Warehouse Operations
Fulfilling multiple orders simultaneously by picking common items for multiple orders in a single trip is called
Single order picking
Batch order picking
Wave picking
Zone picking
Which among the following is NOT a function of warehouse?
Receiving the products
Storing the products
Adding value to the products
Dispatching the products
The scheme of assigning alpha-numerals to products and shelves in a warehouse is called as
location labelling
wave picking
First In First Out
Last In First Out
