1. Consider a warehouse with a forward case-pick area. Some overstock is held in higher levels of nearby pallet rack and some is held in an outlying warehouse and restocked from there: Assume the forward pick area has been stocked and may not be changed: For which skus should the overstock be held nearby (rather than in the outlying warehouse?)
a. Those skus forecast to be the most frequently requested
b. Those skus forecast to sell in the greatest physical volume
c. Those skus forecast to sell the most cases from the forward case-pick area
d. Those skus forecast to sell the most pallets from the forward case-pick area
e. Those skus forecast to sell the most pallets as full-pallet picks
f. Those skus forecast to sell the most total pallets (from either case-pick or full-pallet pick)
2. The specialization of jobs in our society today and brought out some consequences of this trend. Do you believe jobs are becoming more specialized? Give some examples either way to justify you position and if so is this a good or bad thing?