Product Receiving
This document gives advanced notice of the movement of goods (may be sent via the EDI).
Advanced Shipping Notice (ASN)
What type of container is a cardboard box?
Corrugated Paper Container
This term refers to the customers requirements and the specifics are included on a picking document.
An order
This is the most common unit load used in warehouses today.
Pallet Load
Reverse inventory refers to:
Returned items
This is the term used to describe a temporary location where materials are placed between unloading and storage.
Staging Area/Staging Location
A type of storage rack that might be used to store large pieces of lumber.
Cantilever
This system uses lights to tell a picker where to return an item on the shelf/rack.
Put to light
This layer of packaging contains the product itself.
Primary Packaging
This type of stock refers to partially-finished goods between steps in the manufacturing process.
Work-in-progress (WIP) inventory
This type of document serves as a receipt from the carrier to the shipper and a presumption of title to the goods.
This type of container is most commonly used to ship bulk quantities of liquids or powers.
Barrel/Drum
This process involves putting goods in a dispatch area to form vehicle loads.
Marshaling (Staging)
This type of shipment loading involves placing boxes, totes, etc. into a truck without using pallets.
Floor Loading
This type of stock refers to inventory that is packaged and ready to ship when it gets to the warehouse.
Finished Goods
The following is issued by the carrier as proof of delivery.
Delivery Receipt
This term refers to how much of an item is retrieved for shipment within a given period of time.
Throughput
This task involves gathering separate but related parts and packaging them as a single unit.
Kitting
A barrel is considered a ___________ container.
Bulk
This type of ordering systems is a time-based system where items are ordered based on anticipated usage according to a predetermined schedule.
Cyclic Ordering
This document is presented by the shipper as demand for payment.
Carrier Freight Bill
One pallet that contains several SKUs is a...
Mixed-unit load
This method of picking involves one picker fulfilling multiple customer orders simultaneously by collecting all required items in a single trip through the warehouse.
Batch Pick(ing)
A tube of toothpaste is packed inside of individual boxes, which are then placed in 2-pack boxes, 25 2-pack boxes fit in a cardboard box, 125 boxes fit on a pallet. The box of 25 2-packs is this type of packaging.
Secondary packaging
This group developed the Just-In-Time concept of inventory control. (100 bonus points or chance to steal points if you can name the specific group/company/person)
Japanese