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CIPS Exam L4M7 Topic 6 Question 26 Discussion
Topic #: 6
A local hospital has a highly complex piece of medical equipment delivering proton beam therapy that only one supplier in the world manufactures. Owing to the specialist nature of the equipment, the patient waiting list is extremely long. It is therefore essential that the equipment failure downtime is kept to an absolute minimum, as it would have a negative impact on patient treatment delays. Due to the complex nature and essential need of the equipment to be in continual use, which of the following packages will offer the most protection in ensuring reliability and reduced downtime arising from equipment failures throughout its lifetime?
A 'U' flow occurs when the goods receipt and dispatch functions are located at the same end of a warehouse building.
Products flow in at receiving, move in to storage in the back of the warehouse, and then to shipping, which is located at the adjacent to receiving on the same side of the building.
Items with higher throughput level are located closer to the loading bays. An example of a 'U' flow design can be seen in the diagram below.
Advantages of 'U' Flow
- Excellent utilization of dock resources because the receiving and shipping processes can share dock doors
- Facilitating cross-docking because the receiving and shipping docks are adjacent to one another and may be co-mingled
- Excellent lift truck utilization because put away and retrieval trips are easily combined and be-cause the storage locations closest to the receiving and shipping docks are natural locations to house fast moving items
- Yields excellent security because there is a single side of the building used for entry and exit
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