In: Operations Management
Decentralized warehousing system is consistent with:
Group of answer choices
A. Lower safety stocks required, Shorter lead times
B. Higher safety stocks required, Longer lead times
C. Higher safety stocks required, Shorter lead times
D. Lower safety stocks required, Longer lead times
The correct answer is option C: Higher safety stocks required, Shorter lead times.
Decentralized Warehousing
Decentralized Warehousing is a way of maintaining many smaller
warehouses opened in completely different areas so that different
types of products can be stocked and different markets could be
served. The benefit of having a redistributed system is a reduction
in the delay of handling of material. Having a decentralized system
would help a business to get the products and deliver them to your
customers in a short manner time. Another benefit is that a
business has different warehouses in different areas so you can
either store the same type of product in high quantity or stock
more types of products for the needs of different markets.
Decentralized Warehousing System is consistent with higher safety
stocks required and shorter lead times, lower transportation fees,
lower total operating costs