Free quiz · Appendix B of Book 3 · Warehousing and logistics

Score your warehouse network diagram

Open your current drawing, the real one. Pick one answer per question.

  • (a) is worth 5, (b) is worth 2, (c) is worth 0. Pick the answer that is true right now.
  • If you have to think about it, it's (b) at best.
  • Verbal knowledge doesn't count. If the answer lives in your head and not on the page, it's (c).
  • Check, don't remember. Look at one real device or cable and compare.

This is the warehousing and logistics scorecard from Book 3, Draw Secure Warehouse Network Diagrams. Each book in the series has its own. Pick another industry.

Part 1. Who it's for

1. The general manager asks what stops the dock if the network fails. Your drawing...CHAPTER 2
2. Who is your drawing for?CHAPTER 1
3. The title block on each page shows...CHAPTER 2, 13
4. The legend...CHAPTER 4

Part 2. Zones and addresses

5. The warehouse floor on your drawing is...CHAPTER 3
6. Carriers, client portals and the cloud WMS connect to your site...CHAPTER 3, 9
7. Pick any routed subnet on your drawing. It appears...CHAPTER 4
8. Your firewalls and other boundary devices are drawn...CHAPTER 4
9. Your VLAN names...CHAPTER 4, Appendix H

Part 3. The building

10. Pick a cable on the drawing and walk to it. The label on the drawing...CHAPTER 5
11. The links between switches show...CHAPTER 5
12. Your long fiber runs to the far IDFs and outbuildings show...CHAPTER 6
13. Firewall pairs, switch stacks and conveyor or sorter rings are drawn...CHAPTER 7
14. Your Wi-Fi is drawn as...CHAPTER 8

Part 4. Who talks to whom

15. The conversations between handhelds, WMS, WCS, sorter PLCs and printers are drawn...CHAPTER 9
16. When a client asks "can anyone reach your conveyor network from outside?"...CHAPTER 9, 10
17. Your flow register or zone matrix...CHAPTER 10, 16

Part 5. Keeping it true

18. IP addresses, serials and VLAN tables on the drawing come from...CHAPTER 12
19. The last time anyone compared the drawing with reality...CHAPTER 13, 15
20. A 3PL client wants a diagram for their security questionnaire. You can produce a copy without management IPs, serials or circuit IDs...CHAPTER 14
Your result

Answer the questions above

Your tier appears here as you go.

Share your tier, not your drawing.

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