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Airway bill Correct Answer: A bill of lading for air transport that serves as a receipt for the shipper, indicates that the carrier has accepted the goods listed, obligates the carrier to carry the consignment to the airport of destination according to specified conditions. Advanced ship notice (ASN) Correct Answer: An electronic data interchange (EDI) notification of shipment of product. Aggregate inventory management Correct Answer: Establishing the overall level (dollar value) of inventory desired and implementing controls to achieve this goal. Batch pick Correct Answer: A method of picking orders in which order requirements are aggregated by product across orders to reduce movement to and from product
locations. The aggregated quantities of each product are then transported to a common area where the individual orders are constructed. Basic Description Correct Answer: Required description on documentation when shipping or handling hazmats. It must include: the Identification Number; Proper Shipping Name; Hazard Class or Division; and Packing Group. Bill of lading Correct Answer: A carrier's contract and receipt for goods the carrier agrees to transport from one place to another and to deliver to a designated person. In case of loss, damage, or delay, the bill of lading is the basis for filing freight claims. Bonding Correct Answer: A system that connects various pieces of conductive equipment together to keep them at the same potential. Static sparking cannot take place between objects that are the same potential. Cantilever rack Correct Answer: A specialized form of rack used for storing long items such as lumber or pipes. Carrier freight bill
Automated storage/retrieval system (AS/RS) Correct Answer: A high-density, rack inventory storage system with vehicles automatically loading and unloading the racks. Corrosives Correct Answer: Materials that can attack and chemically destroy exposed body tissues. Corrosives can also damage or even destroy metal. They begin to cause damage as soon as they touch the skin, eyes, respiratory tract, digestive tract, or the metal. Cross-docking Correct Answer: The concept of packing products on the incoming shipments so they can be easily sorted at intermediate warehouses or for outgoing shipments based on final destination. The items are carried from the incoming vehicle docking point to the outgoing vehicle docking point without being stored in inventory at the warehouse. Cycle count Correct Answer: An inventory accuracy audit technique where inventory is counted on a cyclic schedule rather than once a year. Decoupling
Correct Answer: Creating independence between supply and use of material. Commonly denotes providing inventory between operations so that fluctuations in the production rate of the supplying operation do not constrain production or use rates of the next operation. Delivery receipt Correct Answer: A document issued by the carrier that the consignee signs as proof of receipt. Dunnage Correct Answer: Inexpensive or waste material used to protect and load securing cargo during transport. Duty Correct Answer: A tax levied by government on the importation, exportation, or use and consumption of goods. Exempt carriers Correct Answer: A for-hire carrier that is free from economic regulation. Fixed costs Correct Answer: An expenditure that does not vary with the production volume; for example, rent, property tax, and salaries of certain personnel.
Hazard Communication (HAZCOM) Correct Answer: Also known as the Right-to-Know law. HAZCOM is based on the idea that every worker has the right to know the dangers of the materials they are exposed to at work. The law requires employers to tell employees about the dangers of hazmats and what they can do to protect themselves— before they begin working. Hazardous material (hazmat) Correct Answer: Hazardous material defined by environmental laws and legal precedents. A product has been defined as hazardous by regulations that impose stiff fines if the regulations are ignored. Hazmat employee Correct Answer: Any worker who directly affects the safe transportation of hazardous materials. High density storage Correct Answer: Storage system which allows pallets to be stored more than one unit deep or high. Import quota Correct Answer: A limit on the quantity of a good that can be produced abroad and sold domestically.
Inventory turnover Correct Answer: The number of times that an inventory cycles, or "turns over," during the year. A frequently used method to compute inventory turnover is to divide the average inventory level into the annual cost of sales. Item Correct Answer: Any unique manufactured or purchased part, material, intermediate, subassembly, or product. Kitting Correct Answer: The process through which individual items are grouped or packaged to create a single shipment. Less than truckload (LTL) Correct Answer: Either a small shipment that does not fill the truck or a shipment of not enough weight to qualify for a truckload quantity (usually set at about 10,000 lbs) rate discount, offered to a general commodity trucker. Material requirements planning (MRP) Correct Answer: A set of techniques that uses bill of material data, inventory data, and the master production schedule to calculate requirements for materials. It makes recommendations to release replenishment orders for material.
Correct Answer: Use of a poster or sign that measures 10 ¾ x 10 ¾ inches placed on the outside of a container or vehicle to warn that a hazmat is inside the vehicle or container. Private carriers Correct Answer: A group that provides transportation exclusively within an organization. Push-back rack Correct Answer: High-density storage system which can hold several units deep on slightly inclined rails. As a unit is removed from the front, the incline causes units behind it to move forward into the front location. Raw material stock Correct Answer: Purchased items or extracted materials that are converted via the manufacturing process into components and products. Receiving Correct Answer: The function encompassing the physical receipt of material, the inspection of the shipment for conformance with the purchase order (quantity and damage), the identification and delivery to destination, and the preparation of receiving reports.
Reportable Quantity (RQ) Correct Answer: The minimum quantity of a hazardous substance which, if released, is required to be reported. Reverse logistics Correct Answer: A complete supply chain dedicated to the reverse flow of products and materials for the purpose of returns, repair, remanufacture and/or recycling. Shipping manifest Correct Answer: A document that lists the pieces in a shipment. It usually list the items, piece count, total weight, and the destination name and address for each destination in the load. Shipping order Correct Answer: A document which specifies the products to be shipped, customer information and the mode of transport. Staging Area Correct Answer: Location in a facility where materials are organized. Newly received items can be staged before being placed in a final storage destination or into another container for transport. Inventory items may also be staged before being organized into orders for container loading.
Correct Answer: Automated storage and retrieval system that moves units or items between levels in a facility. Warehouse management system (WMS) Correct Answer: A system that manages all processes that a warehouse carries out. These processes include receiving, picking, and shipping. Work-in-process (WIP) Correct Answer: A good or goods in various stages of completion throughout the plant, including all material from raw material that has been released for initial processing up to completely processed material awaiting final inspection and acceptance as finished goods inventory. Many accounting systems also include the value of semi-finished stock and components in this category. Yard Correct Answer: The outdoor area around a dock; can refer to a shipping yard; rail yard or truck yard. Zone pick Correct Answer: A method of subdividing a picking list by areas within a storeroom for more efficient and rapid order picking. A zone-picked order must be grouped to a single location before delivery or must be delivered to different locations, such as work centers.
