Supply Chain, Inventory & Logistics
Questions and Answers Latest 2026
ABC Classification Ans: Classification of items in
decreasing order of dollar value by volume
ABC Storage Layout Ans: Facility layout with fast moving
items closest to receiving and departing
Advanced Shipping Notification Ans: A system that
informs supply chain facilities about incoming shipment
details.
Assortment Ans: Stocking a wide variety of products in
as small a lot size as possible
Batch Picking Ans: Method of picking orders by products
across multiple orders to reduce movement from product
locations
BOPIS Ans: Buy Online, Pickup In Store
BORIS Ans: Buy Online, Return In Store
Bracketing Ans: Purchasing multiple variations of
products online with the intent to return most of them
Bulk Breaking Ans: The action of breaking big loads of
merchandise into smaller batches
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Capacity Ans: The amount of useuable storage space
available to hold inventory in a supply chain facility
Circular Chain Ans: Another name for reverse logistics
Contract Warehousing Ans: Form of warehousing where
a long-term contract between the supply chain facility
and a customer for warehouse services.
Counterfeit Returns Ans: An attempt to return fake
goods
Cross-Docking Ans: Moving received goods directly from
receiving to loading without ever storing it in the facility
Cycle Counting Ans: Counting each of the items in stock
on a periodic basis
Discrete Picking Ans: Picking order in which all items in
a single order or picked before moving to the next order
Dispositioning Ans: The process of deciding if products
should be sold, stored, recycled, returned, disposed or
moved to another location
Distribution Center (DC) Ans: A supply chain facility
with finished goods stored for retail stores
Distributor Ans: A business that does not manufacture
its own products, but purchases and resells these
products.
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