Warehouse Layout and Design

Warehouse design and layout is based on how many principles?

• 3

• 4

• 5

Warehouse movement should "FLOW" or move in what direction?

• Two-Way

• Front to Back

• One-Way

Efficient warehouses provide "ACCESSIBILITY" to who?

• All employees and equipment have access to all products

• Supervisors and equipment have access to all products

• All employees and equipment have access to only the best selling or highest volume products

What percent "CAPACITY" should an efficient warehouse operate at?

• 100%

• 50%

• 85%

True or False: "TRACEABILITY" means warehouses utilize a warehouse management system to know where products are in the warehouse and how much inventory of each is available.

• True

• False

In terms of warehouse layout and design, the acronym or abbreviation FACT means what?

F_ _ _

A_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

C_ _ _ _ _ _ _

T_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

• Fact, Accountability, Counting, Traceability

• Facings, Accessibility, Capacity, Technology

• Flow, Accessibility, Capacity, Traceability

When a warehouse exceeds recommended capacity, efficiency can decrease and cause what?

• One-Way Flow

• Two-Way Flow

• Gridlock

What happens to warehouse efficiency and productivity when inventory capacity increases?

• Productivity and efficiency go up

• Productivity and efficiency go down

• Productivity and efficiencty stay the same

• Employees get bonuses

True or False: It is not important to trace and control warehouse inventory.

• True

• False