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<=KNEC Diploma in Supply Chain Management Module 1 : Warehousing Operations and Stock Control Past Paper November 2013

Macho company limited which intends to construct a warehouse has approached you for advice concerning the appropriate design. Explain five factors that may influence your advice.

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1. Explain five limitations of using stock levels as a method of controlling stock items in an organizations.
2. Explain five methods that may be used to classify defective materials in a warehouse.
3. As a newly recruited warehouse officer, you have been instructed to devise a stock recording system for use in the warehouse .Explain five factors you would take into account when undertaking the task.
4. Highlight five operational features that distinguish stock taking from stock verification.
5. As an expert in warehousing operations, explain five types of information you would include in a training manual for warehousing staff.
6. Highlight five benefits that an organization may derive from the use of specialized warehouse.
7. Explain five disadvantages to an organization of using fixed stock location system in its warehouse.
8. The management of Chaka company limited is concerned about the increased costs related to warehousing operations .Highlight five possible cause of such costs.
9. As a warehouse manager one of your responsibilities is to ensure preservation of stock items .Explain five measures that you would take in order to preserve stock items in a warehouse effectively.
10. Beta enterprises have been experiencing frequent incidents of theft of stock in its warehouse. Explain five measures that the firm should take to minimize such incidents.
11. Many organizations have increased automation of their warehousing operations .Explain five challenges that such organization may face regard of automation to warehouse operations .
12. Macho company limited which intends to construct a warehouse has approached you for advice concerning the appropriate design. Explain five factors that may influence your advice.
13. Explain five ways in which packaging facilities operations in a warehouse.
14. A consignment of materials delivered by a supplier has been rejected by the inspection team .as an expert in warehousing operations suggest five ways in which such consignment may be handled.