Warehousing Management Quiz

Warehousing and ___________ are substitutes for each other.

• transportation

• materials handling

• packaging

• inventory management

Which of the following has been referred to as “transportation at zero miles per hour”?

• materials handling

• inventory management

• procurement

• warehousing

___________ and ___________ refer to adjustments associated with the quantity of product.

• Allocating; assorting

• Accumulating; allocating

• Sorting out; accumulating

• Sorting out; assorting

___________ involves bringing together similar stocks from different sources.

• Bulk-breaking

• Assorting

• Accumulating

• Sorting out

___________ refers to building up a variety of different products for resale to particular customers.

• Accumulating

• Allocating

• Sorting out

• Assorting

___________ refers to separating products into grades and qualities desired by different target markets.

• Assorting

• Sorting out

• Allocating

• Accumulating

Warehouses emphasize ___________ and their primary purpose is to maximize ___________.

• rapid movement of product; usage of available storage space

• rapid movement of product; throughput

• product storage; usage of available storage space

• product storage; throughput

Distribution centers emphasize ___________, and their primary purpose is to maximize ___________.

• rapid movement of product; throughput

• product storage; throughput

• product storage; usage of available storage space

• rapid movement of product; usage of available storage space

Throughput refers to ___________.

• storage capacity of a warehousing facility

• volume through a pipeline

• inventory turnover in a one-month period

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

___________ are focused on e-commerce orders.

• Warehouses

• Distribution centers

• Fulfillment centers

• Cross-dock facilities