Deck 8: Warehouse Management and Operations

Question 1

The act of storing goods that will be sold or distributed later is known as _______________.

A) Throughput
B) Output
C) Product positioning
D) Warehousing

Answer 1

Warehousing

Question 2

Warehousing is the strategic day-to-day running of operations in a warehouse to promote, improve and ensure operational excellence.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Warehouse operations refers to the processes that take place in a warehouse revolving around the movement of goods and tracking inventory.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Which ownership type warehouse is owned, managed and controlled by co-operative societies?

A) Private
B) Public
C) Bonded
D) None of the above

Question 5

Which ownership type warehouse is owned and managed by the manufacturers or traders who store, exclusively their own stock of goods.

A) Private
B) Co-operative
C) Contract
D) None of the above

Question 6

Which distribution center classification is a third-party logistics (3PL) warehouse where incoming orders are received, processed and filled.

A) Specialized warehouse
B) Bulk break and/or consolidation center
C) Cross-dock facility
D) Fulfillment center

Question 7

Which distribution center classification is a specialized packaging handling center generally configured with conveyors and chutes which hare used to rapidly move product through the center.

A) Cross-dock facility
B) Fulfillment center
C) Distribution warehouse
D) None of the above

Question 8

In general, the more warehouses an organization has in it supply chain network the greater cost of lost sales and the lower the inventory cost.

Question 9

A company has 60,000 units located in 4 facilities. The company plans to expand to 20 locations. How will this affect total inventory?

A) ~134,000 units
B) ~140,000 units
C) ~150,000 units
D) ~124,000 units

Question 10

Break-bulk point warehouses pull together small shipments from a number of suppliers and combine them into larger more economic shipments.

Question 11

Break-bulk warehouses combine customer orders from shippers then sort and split those individual orders and arrange for local delivery to the customer.

Question 12

When choosing a warehouse location, the organization should first assess inbound flow, input logistics flows?

Question 13

Four important factors that always arise when designing or arranging any storage or distribution facility are:

A) Flow, accessibility, space, and throughput
B) Storage, accumulation, size, output
C) Consolidation, picking, transformation, transportation
D) None of the above

Question 14

Which warehouse process is the movement of goods from the receiving dock to the most optimal warehouse storage location?

A) Receiving
B) Put-away
C) Storage
D) Picking

Question 15

Which warehouse process consolidates picked items in a sales order and prepares them for shipment to the customer?

A) Packing
B) Shipping
C) Put-away
D) Picking

Question 16

What key performance indicator (KPI) assesses the total number of orders the warehouse delivers without an issue?

A) Back order rate
B) Picking productivity
C) Receiving accuracy
D) Perfect order rate

Question 17

What key performance indicator (KPI) assesses the portion of correctly received orders?

A) Receiving accuracy
B) Receiving efficiency
C) Storage productivity
D) Picking accuracy

Question 18

The key performance indicator that assesses the total percentage of material handling equipment and labor utilized during the put-away process is:

A) Put-away accuracy
B) Put-Away cost per line
C) Put away productivity
D) Labor and equipment utilization

Question 19

Door to door utilization assesses the total percentage of dock doors usage.

Question 20

The key performance indicator that assesses the number of times inventory has been sold and replaced during a given period of time is:

A) Back order rate
B) Order lead time
C) Perfect order rate
D) Inventory turnover