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Logistics Final - SAIT - SCMT 310 (1)
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Logistics Final - SAIT - SCMT 310Part of a firm's logistics system that stores products (raw materials, parts, goods-in-process,
finished goods) at and between points of origin and point of consumption. (Chapter 10.
Warehousing) - ANS-Warehousing
Involves rearranging the quantities and assortment of products as they move through the supply
chain. (Chapter 10. Warehousing) - ANS-Regrouping Function
Accumulating (bulk making)
Allocating (bulk breaking)
Assorting
Sorting out
(Chapter 10. Warehousing) - ANS-Forms of Regrouping Function
Involves bringing together similar stocks from different sources. Example: a department store
that buys large quantities of men's suits from several different producers. (Chapter 10.
Warehousing) - ANS-Accumulating
Involves breaking larger quantities into smaller quantities. Example: a department store might
buy 5,000 suits in size 42 short, an individual store might only carry 15 or 20 suits in this size.
(Chapter 10. Warehousing) - ANS-Allocating
Building up a variety of different products for resale to a particular customer. Example: a
department store might want to supply individual stores with a number of different suit sizes
(e.g. sizes 36, 38, 40) and styles (e.g. two-button suits, three-button suits). (Chapter 10.
Warehousing) - ANS-Assorting
Separating products into grades and qualities desired by different target markets. (Chapter 10.
Warehousing) - ANS-Sorting out
Emphasize the storage of products, and their primary purpose is to maximize the usage of
available storage space. (Chapter 10. Warehousing) - ANS-Warehouse
Emphasize the rapid movement of products through a facility. (Chapter 10. Warehousing) -
ANS-Distribution centres
The amount of product entering and leaving a facility in a given period of time. (Chapter 10.
Warehousing) - ANS-Throughput
, The process of receiving product and shipping it out the same day or overnight without putting it
into storage. (Chapter 10. Warehousing) - ANS-Cross-docking
It serves all legitimate users and has certain responsibilities to those users. It requires no capital
investment on the user's part, which can certainly be an important consideration when the cost
of borrowing money (interest rate) in high. (Chapter 10. Warehousing) - ANS-Public
Warehousing
Regulate labour safety, including warehousing, in USA. (Chapter 10. Warehousing) -
ANS-Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
It is owned by the firm storing goods in the facility. It generates high fixed costs and thus should
only be considered by companies dealing with large volumes of inventory. (Chapter 10.
Warehousing) - ANS-Private Warehousing
A long term mutually beneficial arrangement which provides unique and specially tailored
warehousing and logistics services exclusively to one client, where the vendor and client share
the risks associated with the operation. (Chapter 10. Warehousing) - ANS-Contract
Warehousing
Any substance that is toxic, poisonous, radioactive, flammable, or explosive and causes injury
or death with exposure. (Chapter 10. Warehousing) - ANS-Hazardous Material
Material that is used to block and brace products inside carrier equipment to prevent the
shipment from shifting in transit and becoming damaged. (Chapter 10. Warehousing) -
ANS-Dunnage
mixes attributes of public and contract warehousing; services are more differentiated than a
public facility but less customized than in a contract facility. (Chapter 10. Warehousing) -
ANS-Multiclient Warehousing
Each SKU has one or more permanent slots assigned to it. Example: a parking garage that
assigns particular parking spaces to certain individuals. However, this may result in low space
utilization, particularly with seasonal products. (Chapter 10. Warehousing) - ANS-Fixed Slot
Location
Involves empty storage slots being assigned to incoming products based on space availability.
Example: it is the closest available storage position, with "closest" defined as the shortest travel
time to an entrance or exit point. (Chapter 10. Warehousing) - ANS-Variable Slot Location
Utilizing mechanical or electronic devices to substitute for human labour. Examples: automated
guided vehicles, automated storage and retrieval systems. (Chapter 10. Warehousing) -
ANS-Warehouse Automation
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