Logistics Technology & Information Systems Flashcards

A Warehouse Management System (WMS) primarily helps an organization to:

Answer: Direct and track all warehouse activities including receiving, putaway, picking, and shipping

A WMS controls and optimizes warehouse operations in real time, directing labor and equipment and maintaining accurate inventory location data.

A Transportation Management System (TMS) helps logistics professionals primarily by:

Answer: Planning, executing, and optimizing the physical movement of goods

A TMS provides tools for carrier selection, route optimization, load planning, freight auditing, and shipment visibility across modes.

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) in logistics enables trading partners to:

Answer: Exchange standardized business documents electronically without manual re-entry

EDI transmits structured documents such as purchase orders, advance ship notices, and invoices between systems in a standardized format, eliminating paper and manual keying.

RFID technology in logistics differs from barcodes primarily because RFID:

Answer: Can read multiple tags simultaneously without requiring line-of-sight scanning

RFID readers can interrogate many tags at once through packaging and without direct line-of-sight, enabling bulk reads that are impossible with barcode scanners.

An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system benefits logistics operations by:

Answer: Integrating financial, procurement, inventory, and logistics data into a single unified platform

ERP systems unify cross-functional data, enabling logistics teams to see order status, inventory levels, and financial impacts in one place.

Which technology uses satellite signals to provide real-time location tracking of vehicles and assets in logistics?

Answer: GPS (Global Positioning System)

GPS receivers calculate precise geographic coordinates from satellite signals, enabling fleet tracking, route compliance, and estimated arrival time updates.