Chapter 15 Warehouse and DC
Management. Knowledge Check
Just like in the movies, warehouses tend to be dark, dingy, and cavernous places to
work. - answer False
Which of the following is NOT a traditional warehouse activity?
Putaway
Receiving
Loading and shipping
Consolidating and staging
Mass transit - answer Mass transit
How does warehousing enable you to take advantage of production economies?
a. Warehouses are very large buildings that enable you to perform final assembly for
very large quantities of products.
b. Warehouses allow you to produce in large quantities and store the product until it is
sold.
c. Warehouses enable you to ship in full truckload quantities.
d. All of the above
e. Only a and c - answerb. Warehouses allow you to produce in large quantities and
store the product until it is sold.
A cross-dock operation that receives truckload volumes of finished goods from a variety
of consumer goods manufacturers and ships truckload volumes of assorted products to
nearby retailers would be an example of a warehouse facility that serves which two
purposes for the manufacturers?
Product mixing and long-term storage
Inbound consolidation and equipment utilization
Supply mixing and product mixing
Product mixing and outbound consolidation
Supply mixing and inbound consolidation - answerProduct mixing and outbound
consolidation
What role does radio frequency technology play in warehouse operations?
a. Help pickers identify the right product to select to fill an order?
b. Help verify stocking location during putaway.
c. Communicate to warehouse workers when it is time to take a break.
, d. Communicate to customers when an order is shipped.
e. All of the above
f. Only a and b - answerOnly a and b
Which material is most common for shipping platforms called "pallets?"
Wood
Steel
Alloys
Corrugated paper
Plastic - answerWood
What do we call an activity or function that your company does extremely well - perhaps
serving as a source of competitive advantage?
Strategic business unit
Center of excellence
Civil service
Core competency
Best practice - answerCore competency
Which of the following activity costs tends to decrease as we add warehouses to a
distribution network and, then, increases such that it forms a "U" shape?
Transportation costs
Order processing costs
Cost of lost sales
Warehouse costs
Inventory costs - answerTransportation costs
A Red Tag Initiative is a lean activity that is designed to prioritize resources. You simply
invite every member of your team to go through the facility and apply a red tag to the
activities or resources that are most important to effective warehouse operations. -
answerFalse
Many of the common metrics used in order fulfillment in warehousing are also used in . .
.?
Cross-dock performance
Customer service performance
Warehouse productivity performance
All of the above
None of the above - answerCustomer service performance
The rise in online retailing is creating greater demand for warehousing. - answerTrue
Management. Knowledge Check
Just like in the movies, warehouses tend to be dark, dingy, and cavernous places to
work. - answer False
Which of the following is NOT a traditional warehouse activity?
Putaway
Receiving
Loading and shipping
Consolidating and staging
Mass transit - answer Mass transit
How does warehousing enable you to take advantage of production economies?
a. Warehouses are very large buildings that enable you to perform final assembly for
very large quantities of products.
b. Warehouses allow you to produce in large quantities and store the product until it is
sold.
c. Warehouses enable you to ship in full truckload quantities.
d. All of the above
e. Only a and c - answerb. Warehouses allow you to produce in large quantities and
store the product until it is sold.
A cross-dock operation that receives truckload volumes of finished goods from a variety
of consumer goods manufacturers and ships truckload volumes of assorted products to
nearby retailers would be an example of a warehouse facility that serves which two
purposes for the manufacturers?
Product mixing and long-term storage
Inbound consolidation and equipment utilization
Supply mixing and product mixing
Product mixing and outbound consolidation
Supply mixing and inbound consolidation - answerProduct mixing and outbound
consolidation
What role does radio frequency technology play in warehouse operations?
a. Help pickers identify the right product to select to fill an order?
b. Help verify stocking location during putaway.
c. Communicate to warehouse workers when it is time to take a break.
, d. Communicate to customers when an order is shipped.
e. All of the above
f. Only a and b - answerOnly a and b
Which material is most common for shipping platforms called "pallets?"
Wood
Steel
Alloys
Corrugated paper
Plastic - answerWood
What do we call an activity or function that your company does extremely well - perhaps
serving as a source of competitive advantage?
Strategic business unit
Center of excellence
Civil service
Core competency
Best practice - answerCore competency
Which of the following activity costs tends to decrease as we add warehouses to a
distribution network and, then, increases such that it forms a "U" shape?
Transportation costs
Order processing costs
Cost of lost sales
Warehouse costs
Inventory costs - answerTransportation costs
A Red Tag Initiative is a lean activity that is designed to prioritize resources. You simply
invite every member of your team to go through the facility and apply a red tag to the
activities or resources that are most important to effective warehouse operations. -
answerFalse
Many of the common metrics used in order fulfillment in warehousing are also used in . .
.?
Cross-dock performance
Customer service performance
Warehouse productivity performance
All of the above
None of the above - answerCustomer service performance
The rise in online retailing is creating greater demand for warehousing. - answerTrue
