Raw Material Incharge Interview Preparation Guide

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I have experience in selecting and picking products for shipment based on purchase orders after inspecting each unit and verifying the ordered quantity.

A small business which is owned or controlled by a majority of persons, not limited to members of minority groups, who have been deprived of the opportunity to develop and maintain a competitive position in the economy because of social disadvantages.

Two of the steps that you can take are to establish expectations, get employees involved by making them part of the improvement process.

Knowledge regarding safety procedures to be followed in material handling, OSHA workplace safety guidelines and equipment operation procedures is must for a material handler.

To ensure safe handling of hazardous material, a material handler must always use PPE and pay special attention to MSDS details. Using all materials only for their intended purpose, ensuring proper storage of all materials and remaining alert and vigilant also count.

I am adept at operating forklift, pallet jack, wire cutting equipment, and shrink wrap machines. In addition, I can also drive light van and delivery vehicles.

The word shall denotes the imperative and the word may denotes the permissive.

During the manufacturing process, whatever the cost is incurred during the process is referred as “factory overhead”, excluding the cost of materials and direct labours.

A method used to calculate inventory turns is to divide the average inventory level into the annual cost of goods.

The statute of limitations under the UCCC is generally four years. In certain cases, the UCC allows the statute of limitations to be reduced to a one-year minimum.

Under the UCC good faith means honesty in fact in the conduct or transactions concerned.

Yes, I am specialized in asbestos and steel handling.

The continuous process of measuring a company's products, services, costs, and practices against those of competitors or organizations that display "best in class" achievements.

Main challenge in manufacturing is to develop better production processes, ensure the right material and component supplies at the least cost, decrease production time, eliminate wastage and maintain quality in the final product.

Life cycle costing is the total cost of purchasing, operating, maintaining, supporting and disposing of a product.

You cannot reject a shipment by just returning it without stating why the shipment is rejected. The UCC states that you must particularize your objections to the goods.

A product report is a general term used to represent design, manufacturing, quality, sales and repair information about a product.

Batch production is a manufacturing technique, where components or goods are produced in groups and not in a continuous stream. This methodology is mainly used when similar items are produced together.

RMA stands for Return Material Authorization; it is a financial and work order tracking used to determine a returned item’s origination. It is often used in a transaction where a customer returns goods to the manufacturer for replacement or repair purpose.

A bidding procedure usually consisting of two competitive steps. Step one consists of a technical proposal for furnishing the product or service and the second step consists of a comparison of costs. Bidding then proceeds as in conventional sealed bid procedures.

Make the distinction between strategy and tactics. Align your plan with the objectives for the overall organization.

Manufacturing work in progress is when manufacturing firm transforms material into the work in process which includes raw material, labour and factory overhead. You can calculate all the below factors to know the costing for the manufacturing work in progress.

☛ labour costs
☛ Raw material inventory costs
☛ Production cost
☛ Cost of ending work in process for the accounting period

Six sigma is a data-driven methodology and approach for eliminating defects in any process from manufacturing to transactional and from product to service.

I am well versed in operating forklifts, pallet jacks, transfer carts, conveyors, cherry picker material handlers, scan guns, cantilevered cranes and industrial trucks.

Inventory turns is the annual cost of the inventory issued divided by the average monthly inventory value.
The average monthly inventory value is calculated by adding the past 12 monthly inventory values and dividing the total by 12. At the end of each subsequent month, add the latest month’s inventory value and delete the 12th most distant monthly inventory value.

The annual cost of issues is calculated by adding the past 12 monthly cost of inventory issues. At the end of each subsequent month, add the latest month’s cost of inventory issues and delete the 12th most distant month.

Example: Annual Cost of Issues/ Average Monthly Inventory Value = Inventory Turns $400,000/$100,000 = 4.0 Turns