| A | B |
|---|
| Allocating | “Breaking larger quantities into smaller quantities.” |
| Assorting | “Building up a variety of different products for resale to a particular customer.” |
| Bonded Storage | “Refers to warehousing situations where goods are not released until applicable fees are paid.” |
| Contract warehousing | “a type of contract logistics that focuses on providing unique and specially tailored warehousing services to particular clients.” |
| Cross-docking | “A process where product is received in a facility then shipped at the earliest opportunity, without going into long-term storage.” |
| Distribution center | “a warehouse with an emphasis on quick throughput such as is needed in supporting marketing efforts.” |
| Dunnage | “Material that is used to block and brace products inside carrier equipment to prevent the shipment from shifting in transit and becoming damaged.” |
| Field warehousing | “a facility temporarily established at the site of inventory; the warehouse assumes custody of the inventory and issues a receipt for it which can then be used as collateral for a loan.” |
| Fixed slot location | “Each product is assigned a specific location in a warehouse and is always stored there.” |
| Multiclient warehousing | “Mixes attributes of public and contract warehousing; services are more differentiated than a public facility but less customized than in a contract facility.” |
| OSHA | “a U.S. federal agency that regulates workplaces to ensure the safety of workers.” |
| Paperless warehousing | “Generates and uses few or no paper documents and relies on technology to accomplish the relevant tasks.” |
| Private warehousing | “A warehousing facility that is owned or occupied on a long-term lease by the firm is using it.” |
| Public warehousing | “Similar to common carriers in that public warehousing serves all legitimate users has certain responsibilities to those users.” |
| Regrouping function | “Involves rearranging the quantities and assortment of products as they move through the supply chain.” |
| Sorting out | “Separating products into grades and qualities desired by different target markets.” |
| Throughput | “Refers to the amount of product entering and leaving a facility in a given time period.” |
| Variable slot location | “A system in which products are stored wherever there is empty space available in a warehouse.” |
| Warehouse management system | “Software packages that control the movement and storage of materials within a warehousing facility.” |
| Warehousing | “That part of a firm logistics system that stores products at and between points of origin and point of consumption.” |
