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"We walk back to the same bins for almost every order," a picking team reports. Most orders contain one or two lines drawn from the same few products in a compact area. Each order currently gets a separate picking tour. Which redesign most directly removes these repeated visits while preserving order identity?
Correct answer: A - Pick several orders on a single tour, maintaining separate order-labeled totes on the picking cart.
The parking brake fails a forklift's pre-use check just before the last outbound trailer is due to leave. An inspected replacement of the same truck type is available, and the operator is qualified to use it. At a warehouse covered by U.S. federal OSHA general-industry rules, which response is appropriate?
Correct answer: B - Remove the truck from service and use the inspected replacement.
Two pallets carry identical assortments of products from the same lots. A retailer needs the advance shipping notice to identify each pallet separately so that one can be received without receiving the other. Which GS1 identifier must distinguish the two logistic units?
Correct answer: A - The Serial Shipping Container Code assigned to each pallet.
A peak-season plan limits occupancy to 80% of usable pallet positions. The building has 600 installed positions, but 50 will remain out of service throughout the peak. Each of the expected 470 pallets requires its own compatible position. What is the minimum number of additional usable positions needed?
Correct answer: A - 38 positions
For delivery on November 10, 2026, a customer requires released stock expiring on or after February 1, 2027. The warehouse uses first-expiring, first-out rotation, and each listed lot can fill the entire order. All receipt dates are in 2026. Choose the lot to allocate.
Correct answer: C - Lot C: received September 18; expires February 20, 2027; released.
At today's continuous-review check, an item has 140 usable units on hand, 200 on a confirmed purchase order arriving before tomorrow's demand, and 30 backordered units not yet deducted from on-hand stock. Demand is 40 units per working day; lead time for a new order is six working days; safety stock is 50 units. There are no other commitments. The policy triggers a fixed-quantity order when inventory position reaches or falls below the reorder point. What does this check call for?
Correct answer: B - Do not reorder: inventory position is 310 units, above the 290-unit reorder point.
A blind cycle count and an independent recount produce the same result: bin R12 contains none of the 36 cases recorded there, while bin R18 contains 36 cases but has a zero balance. Item, lot, and case size match, and the warehouse-wide quantity agrees with the records. Which single unposted movement best explains this pattern?
Correct answer: D - A transfer of 36 cases from bin R12 to bin R18.
Purchasing proposes eliminating local stock of C-class items. Classes are assigned solely by annual usage value. One C-class item is an inexpensive conveyor spare: failure stops dispatch, there is no approved substitute, and the supplier cannot shorten its eight-week lead time. Which factor is missing from the value classification but is essential to this stocking decision?
Correct answer: A - Operational consequence of a stockout
Properly packed, conforming goods are sold CIP the buyer's distribution center, Incoterms 2020. The seller hands them to the first carrier at the agreed origin delivery point and arranges the required freight and insurance. Accidental damage occurs during the subsequent journey. Under the sale term, who bears the transit risk?
Correct answer: D - The buyer, from handover at the agreed origin delivery point.
Only one capacity upgrade can be funded. In a serial fulfillment process, sustainable capacities are picking 150, order consolidation 130, packing 80, and shipping 120 orders per hour. Demand is 110 orders per hour, work is available to every stage, and the proposed upgrades do not change quality or other stages' capacities. Which investment enables sustained output to reach demand?
Correct answer: C - Increase packing capacity to 110 orders per hour.
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