This allows logistics workers to input a variety of information such as quantity, location, status and other relevant data to control movement and storage of materials within a warehouse or distribution center.
What is Warehouse Management System?
A substance or material that the Secretary of Transportation has determined is capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce
What is Hazmat (Hazardous Materials)?
The method of transport best suited for moving a small volume of material to many destinations.
What is truck?
This organization is responsible for 95% of World Trade
What is the World Trade Organization?
Usually large, rectangular boxes made of steel and can have open or closed tops and can be refrigerated if necessary
What is an ISO container?
The fastest or most valuable moving items in ABC Inventory Control
What are A items?
Which government agency oversees the transportation of Hazmat material?
What is the Department of Transportation?
The transport mode best suited to quickly move large volumes of bulky goods over long distances
What is rail?
Products produced in one country and sold in another. (Ex. windmill blades built in Newton, IA and sold in Ecuador)
What are exports?
This inventory ordering method is a time based system where orders are done on a predetermined schedule.
What is cyclical ordering?
The goal of this system is to produce the necessary units in the necessary quantities at the necessary time. It leads to smaller lot sizes and greater frequency of orders.
What is Just in Time?
Which entity sets the minimum safety procedures?
What is OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)?
Time spent waiting for loading or unloading times due to dock congestion and/or delays
What is Detention Time?
These restrict how many goods can be imported at a time. (Ex. USA can only import 2 million Japanese made cars a year0
What are quotas?
This inventory management method ensures that the oldest stock items are used or sold first
What is FIFO (First In, First Out)?
The key component of total inventory management.
What is inventory turn rate?
This is a system for standardizing & harmonizing the classification & labeling of chemicals.
What is Global Harmonization Standard?
This system can maintain records about cargo and container movement.
What is Transportation Management System?
This is used to transfer containers from sea vessels to road/rail vehicles at a marine port.
What are transtainers?
This is a system where items are reordered when inventory falls below a predetermined amount.
What is Fixed Order system?
The four rights of Just In Time
Right Amount
Right Condition
Right Time and Place
Right Material
The requirements for secondary containment regarding Hazmat materials?
What is large enough to contain 100% of the largest unit or 10% of the total of all units?"
Point-to-point in-transit time variability by driver carrier land and location
What is In Transit Time Variability?
Also known as a straddle carrier this straddles containers to quickly move them between road and rail. 
What is a gantry crane?
A heavy duty truck used to transfer containers to and from road and rail vehicles and stack containers on top of each other.
What is a reach stacker?