Warehousing Terms & Activity Profiling - Definitions - SKUs

IE629 Advanced Manufacturing Systems Engineering

Question:

Warehousing Terminologies & Activity Profiling

Q1. This question is designed to help you get familiar with terminologies used in warehousing environment. Select at list 20 terms from the list below and provide a brief definition for each term. Note: Your list should include all the acronyms in the list below. Investigate the definitions of the following terms (No more than 2 lines each):

3PL
Pick line
Yard Management
Pick path
Off-shore
Pick face
'each' (or piece) picking
Reserve storage
Broken case pick
Random storage
3r° party warehouse
Warehouse activity profiling
Cross docking
Warehouse management system
Fast pick area
Slot
Forward pick area
Dedicated storage
Full case pick
TL
Honey combing in pallets
Rewarehousing
LTL
inner pack
Pick sheet
Unitizing
Pick line
Sortation center
Grab
Pick density
Shipping integrity
Shrinkage
Live loading
MN
Drop and hook loading
TMS
WMS
Cycle counting
Short pick
RFID
Over pick
Pick and pass
Bucket brigade picking
Parcel
DC
Wave

Q2. Susan Williams runs a small warehouse operation with several SKUs. Zone M of the warehouse has 4 slots and will be assigned SKUs A – D. Below is a sample of 5 orders received by the warehouse in the last 6 months. If the sample is a good representation of all the orders received in the last six months, use the information to answer the following questions.

(a) What is the average line per order for the warehouse?
(b) Generate the demand correlation for all SKUs in Zone M
(c) Which SKU would you slot beside SKU C?

(a) What is the average line per order for the warehouse? (b) Generate the demand correlation for all SKUs in Zone M (c) Which SKU would you slot beside SKU C?