Product Receiving
Product Storage
Order Processing
Packaging and Shipment
Inventory Control
100

This document gives advanced notice of the movement of goods (may be sent via the EDI). 

Advanced Shipping Notice (ASN)

100

What type of container is a cardboard box?

Corrugated Paper Container

100

This term refers to the customers requirements and the specifics are included on a picking document.

An order

100

This is the most common unit load used in warehouses today. 

Pallet Load

100

Reverse inventory refers to:

Returned items

200

This is the term used to describe a temporary location where materials are placed between unloading and storage.

Staging Area/Staging Location

200

A type of storage rack that might be used to store large pieces of lumber.

Cantilever

200

This system uses lights to tell a picker where to return an item on the shelf/rack.

Put to light

200

This layer of packaging contains the product itself.

Primary Packaging

200

This type of stock refers to partially-finished goods between steps in the manufacturing process.

Work-in-progress (WIP) inventory

300

This type of document serves as a receipt from the carrier to the shipper and a presumption of title to the goods.

Bill of Lading
300

This type of container is most commonly used to ship bulk quantities of liquids or powers.

Barrel/Drum

300

This process involves putting goods in a dispatch area to form vehicle loads.

Marshaling (Staging)

300

This type of shipment loading involves placing boxes, totes, etc. into a truck without using pallets. 

Floor Loading

300

This type of stock refers to inventory that is packaged and ready to ship when it gets to the warehouse. 

Finished Goods

400

The following is issued by the carrier as proof of delivery.

Delivery Receipt

400

This term refers to how much of an item is retrieved for shipment within a given period of time.

Throughput

400

This task involves gathering separate but related parts and packaging them as a single unit. 

Kitting

400

A barrel is considered a ___________ container. 

Bulk

400

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

500

This document is presented by the shipper as demand for payment.

Carrier Freight Bill

500

One pallet that contains several SKUs is a...

Mixed-unit load

500

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)

500

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

500

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