1. Consider a lines-per-order distribution in which 30% of the orders are for single lines; 25% for 2-lines; 20% for 3-lines; 12% for 4-lines; 10% for 5-lines, and the remaining 3% for 6-lines. Historically, there have never been orders for 7 or more lines. What size of order accounts for most of the picking in the warehouse? Briefly explain your response.

2. Infrequently, but as a part of a firm's logistics strategy, warehousing management is forced to go back to the drawing board and reassess the firm's warehousing needs as well as warehouse layouts. Discuss (briefly) at least six (6) reasons as to why warehouse management might be forced to re-design its facility.

3. Discuss the three facility location methods learned in class. In your discussion, explain how each differs from the other. Is any method BETTER than the other?

4. Warehouse location decisions are usually considered strategic in nature. State and briefly explain any five reasons underlying the importance of sufficient location analysis prior to committing to any one single location.

5. Suppose that we want to store all the SKUs of each customer together in a pallet-in, pallet-out warehouse. The SKUs of which customer are candidates for the most convenient locations? Explain.

• That customer who has the most pallets in the warehouse
• That customer whose pallets we receive and ship in the greatest quantities
• That customer whose product represents the greatest dollar-volume when we account for the value of the product
• That customer whose shipments into the warehouse are the largest
• That customer whose shipments out of the warehouse are the largest
• That customer whose SKUs achieve the greatest annual turns
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6. Which method of storage makes empty pallet positions more quickly available, thereby increasing storage capacity:

(1) Floor storage (2) Rack storage

7. Label each of the following as true or false, and explain your answer.

For a unit-load transshipment warehouse:

• Space is better utilized if the pallet expected to depart soonest is stored in the most convenient location.
• Labor is reduced if the pallet expected to depart soonest is stored in the most convenient location.
• Space is better utilized if the SKU expected to depart soonest is stored in the most convenient location. Labor is reduced if the SKU expected to depart soonest is stored in the most convenient location.
• Space is better utilized if the pallet expected to depart soonest is stored in the location closest to shipping.
• Labor is reduced if the pallet expected to depart soonest is stored in the location closest to shipping.

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