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✔✔electric pallet jack - ✔✔Motorized jack to allow lifting and moving of heavier and
stacked pallets. Can be a walkie, single or double pallet jack
✔✔counterbalance forklift - ✔✔Most common piece of equipment in warehouse
✔✔raw materials - ✔✔the basic material from which a product is made.
✔✔production facility - ✔✔the site where production takes place
✔✔Just-in-time (JIT) - ✔✔An inventory-management approach in which supplies arrive
just when needed for production or resale
✔✔Obsolete Inventory - ✔✔Inventory that can no longer be sold because the product
has expired, been redesigned, was over-ordered, or is at the end of its product life.
✔✔shipping department - ✔✔Who ships the order?
✔✔receiving department - ✔✔accepts goods for approved purchases, counts and
inspects goods, and prepares a receiving report.
✔✔work in process inventory - ✔✔materials inventory that is currently in the process of
being converted into finished goods
✔✔Customs and Border Protection (CBP) - ✔✔Federal agency responsible for the
control and protection of America's borders and ports of entry. Its first priority is keeping
terrorists and their weapons out of the United States.
✔✔Advanced Manifest Regulations - ✔✔U.S. Customs require both importers and
exporters to send information electronically in advance of shipment. Information must be
completed properly and in time.
✔✔Clean Water Act and Clean Air act - ✔✔Regulate industrial waste that contaminate
our air and water
✔✔Superfund Act - ✔✔The common name for the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); a 1980 U.S. federal act that
imposes a tax on the chemical and petroleum industries, funds the cleanup of
abandoned and nonoperating hazardous waste sites, and authorizes the federal
government to respond directly to the release or threatened release of substances that
may pose a threat to human health or the environment.
, ✔✔bulk storage - ✔✔The process of housing or storing materials and packages in
larger quantities, generally using the original packaging or shipping containers or boxes.
✔✔Narrow aisle forklift - ✔✔Lift trucks designed to be used in the narrow aisles of
warehouses where standard forklift trucks are incapable of operating
✔✔Automatic Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS) - ✔✔Moves material vertically or
horizontally between storage compartment and transfer station or within a process
✔✔Order picker truck - ✔✔Used to pick less than full pallet loads from racks. Required
to wear a harness
✔✔USDOT - ✔✔United States Department of Transportation
✔✔FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) - ✔✔Primary mission is to
reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities involving large trucks and buses
✔✔Department of Labor - ✔✔Helps workers get fair wages and working conditions
✔✔Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) - ✔✔A U.S. government agency that sets
standards for aircraft and people working in the aviation field and monitors the
performance of air carriers
✔✔Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) - ✔✔Responsible for enforcement of
regulations relating to hazardous materials carried by rail or held in depots and freight
yards
✔✔Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - ✔✔a federal agency responsible for
regulating food and drug products sold to the public
✔✔National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) - ✔✔Studies the
causes of workplace injuries and illnesses and develops ways to help control hazards
✔✔Workers Compensation - ✔✔A form of insurance paid by the employer providing
cash benefits to workers injured or disabled in the course of employment.
✔✔Employer Safety Responsibilities - ✔✔Must Provide Safety training, maintain a
working safety committee, take corrective action promptly
✔✔Ergonomics - ✔✔The study of workplace equipment design or how to arrange and
design devices, machines, or workspace so that people and things interact safely and
most efficiently.
✔✔Class C extinguisher - ✔✔electrical fires