SUCCESS CH 4 QUESTIONS &
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
This activity ships different clothing sizes to retail store - Correct Answer ✔✔
Assortment
This activity ships materials from a manufacturing location to a warehouse and then
breaks them apart before shipping them to a customer - Correct Answer ✔✔ Break-bulk
This activity stores products until they're bought by seasonal customers - Correct
Answer ✔✔ Stockpiling
This activity receives full shipments of different products from multiple manufacturing
plants. It breaks them apart and then when needed reassembles a shipment with the
stored warehouse products to meet a customer order - Correct Answer ✔✔ Mixing
This activity ships materials from multiple manufacturing plants to a warehouse and
then ships them directly to a customer - Correct Answer ✔✔ Cross-docking
This activity stores products in a warehouse from multiple suppliers until required by a
manufacturing plant - Correct Answer ✔✔ Consolidation
This activity receives materials and immediately ships them to a customer without going
into a warehouse? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Cross-docking
This activity finalizes a product at a warehouse to customer specifications before
shipping it - Correct Answer ✔✔ Postponement
This activity receives and stores materials from multiple suppliers. It later ships a full
truckload of requested materials to one factory - Correct Answer ✔✔ Consolidation
What is the impact on total inventory by adding warehouse? (up/down) - Correct Answer
✔✔ Up
What is the impact on transportation costs from going from one to three warehouses?
(up/down) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Down
What is the impact on customer delivery speed from going from one to three
warehouses? (up/down) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Up
, What one word best describe why a company may want to add/remove a warehouse? -
Correct Answer ✔✔ Tradeoffs
What two words best describe what has the greatest impact on transportation costs
when going from one to three warehouses? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Full truckloads
What happens to overhead costs if a company goes from one to three warehouses?
(up/down) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Up
Which manufacturing environment has more finished goods stored in a warehouse? -
Correct Answer ✔✔ Make-to-stock
Which transportation stakeholder has no shipment liability? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Recipient
Which transportation stakeholders want a convenient pickup time? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Shipper and carrier
Which transportation stakeholder wants a convenient delivery time? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Carrier
Which transportation stakeholder is most concerned about profitability? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ Carrier
Which transportation stakeholder wants a scheduled pickup/delivery time? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ Recipient
Which transportation stakeholders are most concerned about establishing safety
regulations? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Government and public
Which transportation stakeholder is most concerned about fair pricing and no
discrimination? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Public
Which transportation stakeholder want convenient, cost, effective, and environmental
sound infrastructure? - Correct Answer ✔✔ All
Which mode is the fastest? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Air
Which mode is the most reliable? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Pipeline
Which mode is the most expensive? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Air
Which mode has the least flexibility? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Pipeline
Which mode can carry the most weight? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Water