Work through this in order. Label the diagram first, from memory, before you flip back to check yourself. Then the drill, then the math, then Riverside.
Five boxes, no labels. Fill in the five core tasks in order, left to right, the way product actually moves through a building.
Three operations. Read each one and classify it simple, medium, or complex. Then write one sentence pulling the specific detail in the paragraph that made you call it that way.
Great Lakes Beverage Distribution receives full truckloads of canned soda and bottled water from three regional bottlers. Every pallet gets scanned in, stored in bulk rack, and later pulled whole for outbound. Nothing gets broken down. Orders go out in full pallet quantities to grocery chains, same unit load the whole way through.
Northline Apparel Fulfillment stores folded shirts and jeans in poly bags on shelving, one SKU per bin. Orders come in one or two items at a time from the website. Pickers walk the aisles with a tablet, pull single units out of totes, and drop them into a tote of their own headed for packing.
Harbor Point Logistics runs warehouse space for four different clients under one roof: a cosmetics brand, an auto parts supplier, a subscription box company, and a small appliance importer. Each client has its own putaway rules and its own carrier routing. Returns come back daily and get inspected before restock. The subscription box client also has Harbor Point assemble monthly kits by hand before those orders ship.
A customer hands you this pick data for four of their SKUs against the building's daily total. Do the math before you ever walk the floor.
| SKU | Daily Picks |
|---|---|
| SKU 4410 | 640 |
| SKU 4482 | 512 |
| SKU 4390 | 388 |
| SKU 4501 | 260 |
| All other SKUs in the building | 1,200 |
| Total daily picks, building-wide | 3,000 |