Inventory
Warehouse workers know that the acronym "LIFO" stands for which inventory control method?
Last in, first out
With a wide variety of vessels crossing it a day, what European waterway is considered the busiest shipping lane in the world?
English Channel
In what country can one find the Wolfsburg Plant, the world's largest car-making manufacturing center?
Germany
What term is given to method of optimizing the ‘pick path’ in a warehouse, by ensuring that frequently selected items are closer to the dispatch area, or lower down in high rise facilities?
Slotting
Founded in 1956, Linfox is one of the largest supply chain and logistics companies that started in which country?
Australia
What is practice of placing a purchase order to a supplier for a product that’s temporarily out of stock in your warehouse and has already been ordered by your customers?
Back Ordering
What logistics company's orange and purple corporate logo was created in 1994 and has a hidden arrow between the two penultimate letters?
FedEx
Also known as "lean manufacturing," just-in-time manufacturing is a hyper-efficient process pioneered by what Japanese automaker in the 1960s?
Toyota
3PL refers to having an outsider handle supply chain functions like warehousing or using a trucking company for transporting. What does 3PL stand for?
Third Party Logistics
The Prinzessin Victoria Luise, the world's first ship designed solely for leisure travel instead of also carrying freight, set sail out of what German port in June 1900? This port city has long been Germany's busiest.
Hamburg
Which term applies to buying products in bulk, usually at a discount, directly from the manufacturer or distributor?
Wholesale
What supply chain management company began life as the American Messenger Company in 1907, providing telegraphs?
UPS
What term is given to a type of product distribution in which manufacturers ship products directly to customers on behalf of retailers?
Dropshipping
Which giant global retailer pioneered the “cross-docking” approach to make its supply chain more efficient?
Wal-Mart
DHL Express is a division of the world's largest logistics company and provides international courier, parcel and express mail services. The parent company of DHL Express calls what country home?
Germany
When companies carefully purchase an amount of a good to reduce inventory, it is called an EOQ. What does EOQ stand for?
Economic Order Quantity
An OS&D report identifies products that were over- or under-shipped (short) as well as those that arrived in what condition?
Damaged
This common manufacturing philosophy is the combination of a number and a Greek letter. Jack Welch made it central to his business strategy at General Electric in 1995. What is the two-word name of this technique?
Six Sigma
A SKU is an alphanumeric identifier that can help you figure out how much of a product you have on hand. What is SKU an acronym for?
Stock Keeping Unit
The Ports of Los Angeles and New Orleans have been implementing the PortXchange logistics software used by what Dutch seaport, the busiest in Europe?
Rotterdam
Which term describes everything you have in stock that you intend to sell and is something that you need to carefully track to ensure you can meet customer demand?
Inventory
What is the History Channel series that has featured adventurous drivers take the wheel while embarking on Alaska's Dalton Highway or Canada's frozen lakes?
Ice Road Truckers
What word beginning with the letter “N” is a very small pellet of plastic used as raw material in plastic manufacturing? Its small size makes it very easy to enter and then pollute various bodies of water.
Nurdle
What major supply chain storage item started to be used in 1925, revolutionizing the way storage space was used in warehouses?
Pallets
What is the name of the giant container ship that ran aground in the Suez Canal on March 23, 2021, blocking the canal for six days and causing huge supply chain headaches?
Ever Given