ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT IN SHIPPING

1. The plant plays central role in logistics?

Yes/No. – Yes.

2. Stocks are managed at the level of what?

Ø Storage location

3. What are the organizational units in a warehouse?

Ø Warehouse: a warehouse complex comprising of several storage location.

Ø Storage type: different warehouse areas, which differ from each other with respect to some technical features. E.g. Cold storage, high rack storage

Ø Picking area: below the storage type level, picking area groups together storage bins from picking point of view

Ø Staging area: goods are stored immediately after loading or unloading

Door: used for inbound and outbound delivery of goods

4. which organizational unit of a warehouse are stored at outbound delivery header?

Ø Door

Ø Staging area

5. can several storage locations within a plant refer to the same warehouse number.

Yes/No. – Yes.

6. The following are true about the shipping point

Ø An independent organizational unit which processes and monitors outbound deliveries and goods issue.

Ø It is determined in the order at item level

Ø A shipping point can process outbound deliveries of several plants, provided plants are located in the same general vicinity.

Ø Several shipping points can be assigned to one plant

Ø A shipping point can also be set as goods receipt point.