Carousels
This type of carousel moves items in a circular motion on a flat, level surface.
Horizontal Carousel
What does the acronym VLM stand for?
Vertical Lift Module
How much people want of a product
Demand
How much a company is willing to make of a product.
Supply
What Valentine’s Day movie came out in 2010 and features an array of actors, including Taylor Swift, Julia Roberts, Jessica Biel and Ashton Kutcher?
Valentine's Day
This type of carousel is enclosed and moves items in an upward and downward circular motion.
Vertical Carousel
Name one key advantage of VLMs
What is saving floor space, increasing productivity, or reducing physical strain
When there are extra goods that couldn’t be sold.
Surplus
When there are not enough goods to meet the demand of the consumers.
Shortage
The official mascot of Valentine's Day
Cupid
What other industry, besides warehousing, can we find horizontal carousels?
Laundry (Dry Cleaners)
How does a VLM enhance security in a warehouse?
By acting as an enclosed, six-sided safe and allowing restricted access with passkeys or passwords?
When the government sets a maximum (highest) price for a good.
Price Ceiling
Supply and demand determine
The price for a good or service.
How did Valentine’s Day get its name?
St. Valentine
This factor determines how quickly items can be retrieved from a horizontal carousel and is influenced by the speed of rotation and the device's size.
Picking Speed
What is the name of the device inside a VLM that moves trays up and down for storage or retrieval?
Trolley
When the producer and the consumers both accept and agree on a price.
Equilibrium Point
When the government sets the price for a good or service at a minimum (lowest) price
Price Floor
What is Cupid the god of?
Love
In addition to storing items like tools and small parts, vertical carousels are ideal for securely storing documents in which setting.
An office
Explain how VLMs improve picking efficiency for workers.
By presenting the correct item directly to the worker, eliminating the need to walk, bend, or search through shelves, and by integrating with inventory management software to ensure accuracy?
Which factors can change (shift) supply? (Name 2)
Cost of Production
Taxes and Subsidies
Competition
Technology
Which factors can change (shift) Demand? (Name 2)
Income
Taxes
Population
Complementary Goods
Substitute Goods
Cupid is believed to carry arrows that have tips made of which two materials? (Name One)
Gold and Lead