Chapter 10 - Warehousing Management

Question 1

Regrouping function

Answer 1

Rearranging the quantities and assortment of products as they move through the supply chain
Takes 4 forms (accumulating, allocating, assorting, sorting out)

Question 2

Accumulating

Answer 2

Bringing together similar stocks from different sources

Question 3

Allocating

Answer 3

Breaking larger quantities into smaller quantities

Question 4

Assorting

Answer 4

Building up a variety of different products for resale to particular customers

Question 5

Sorting out

Answer 5

Separating products into grades and qualities desired by different target markets

Question 6

Warehouses

Answer 6

Emphasize the storage of products, primary purpose to maximize the usage of available storage space

Question 7

Distribution centers

Answer 7

Emphasize the rapid movement of products through a facility, and thus attempts to maximize throughput

Question 8

Throughput

Answer 8

The amount of product entering and leaving a facility in a given time period

Question 9

Cross docking

Answer 9

The process of receiving product and shipping it out the same day or overnight without putting it into storage

Question 10

Fixed slot location

Answer 10

Each SKU has one or more permanent slots assigned to it

Question 11

Variable slot location

Answer 11

Empty storage slots being assigned to incoming products based on space availability

Question 12

Dunnage

Answer 12

Material that is used to block and brace products inside carrier equipment to prevent the shipment from shifting in transit and becoming damaged

Question 13

Warehousing

Answer 13

The part of a firm’s logistics system that stores products at and between points of origin and consumption