Basic Logistics Exam

• This is a practice exam in Basic Logistics, course number 30200-0025.
• The exam consists of 30 multiple-choice questions with four options each.
• The time allowed for the exam is from 08:30 to 11:00.

Logistics Fundamentals

• Logistics originated in the military.
• The word "logistique" is derived from "loger."
• Logistics management involves planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient flow and storage of goods, services, and information from origin to consumption to meet customer requirements.
• Logistics management is part of supply chain management.
• This includes planning, execution, control of storage, and transportation of goods back and forth.
• Efficiency and effectiveness are key, from the source to consumption.
• The objective is to satisfy customer needs.
• In the industrial context, logistics involves the art and science of receiving, producing, and distributing materials and products to the right place in the right quantity.
• The process includes planning, implementing, and controlling the flow of materials, finished goods, and related information efficiently and effectively from production to usage.
• Meeting customer needs depends on accuracy, timeliness, quality, quantity, cost, and location.
• The aim is to deliver on time, reduce costs, satisfy customers, and increase product value.

Principles and Processes

• In the 4M principles, "Material" refers to managing production materials.
• In the ECRS principles, "Simplify" means making the work process easier.
• A common cause of problems in warehouses is excess inventory, which can occur due to over-ordering, unsold items, or returned goods.
• In the 5W 1H principle, regarding the warehouse case study, "What" refers to the excess inventory.
• Delivering goods from the factory to the consumer, including transportation and distribution is the activity of downstream.

Goods and Supply

• "Goods" is the correct term for products.
• A supplier is responsible for sourcing raw materials according to orders.
• Air transportation has the highest transportation costs.
• Orchids are suitable for air transport.
• Logistics activities include 14 integrated activities.

Inventory Management

• Inventory is in four categories.
• Product samples are not a type of inventory.
• A company needs 10,000 tons of flour annually, the company works 250 days a year, and the average lead time is 7 days. The reorder point (ROP) is 280.
• If the sales representative needs to sell 6,000 bottles of fermented fish sauce per year and the ordering cost is 40 baht/bottle, the storage cost is 10 baht/bottle. With 265 working days, the economic order quantity (EOQ) is 220.

Technology and Documentation

• Reducing paper usage is a benefit of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
• The number 2 indicates the product code on the sample barcode.
• QR codes are not Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).
• A Purchase Order is an order.
• A purchase requisition is a document requesting that the company purchase raw materials.
• The purchase approval document is a purchase requisition.
• Record keeping is not part of the procurement process.

Forecasting and Warehousing

• Statistics are not a aspect of qualitative forecasting.
• The forecast for June, using a 3-month and 5-month simple moving average, is 426 and 441, respectively.
• To forecast 2022 sales using a 4-month weighted average use the provided data.
• A distribution center is a center that distributes goods.
• Counting is the process of inventory checking.
• Bonded warehouses allow goods to be stored without paying taxes, potentially indefinitely.
• Right Quality is a principle of 5R's, meeting customer requirements

Transportation and Processes

• Pipeline is a different type of transportation when compared to the others.
• Converting units relates to the process called "Let-Down".