MB-330 Implement and Manage Supply Chain Processes Practice Question
Your organization wants to ensure that all items of a certain size are only stored in locations with sufficient weight capacity. Which feature should you use to enforce this requirement?
⚠ Common exam trap
Candidates often choose 'Location directives' or 'Work templates' to manage capacity. They miss that capacity limits are a property of the 'Location profile' itself.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Location profile capacity
Location profiles include capacity settings, specifically for weight and volume. By configuring these limits on the location profile, the system checks the item's physical dimensions and weight against the location's capacity during put-away tasks. This prevents overloading shelves and ensures that heavy items are only placed in locations designed to support them, which is critical for warehouse safety and structural integrity in automated or high-density storage environments.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Location directive strategies
Why it's wrong here
Location directive strategies are used to choose locations based on picking rules (e.g., FEFO). While they help find locations, they don't natively enforce weight capacity constraints unless the location profile itself is configured to define those limits. The capacity logic is inherently a property of the location profile, not the strategy.
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Location profile capacity
Why this is correct
Location profiles allow you to define weight and volume constraints for all locations associated with that profile. When the system attempts to assign inventory to a location, it automatically checks if the item's weight exceeds the location profile's defined capacity, ensuring only appropriate items are stored in that specific location.
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Work template constraints
Why it's wrong here
Work templates are used to define the steps for executing work, not for monitoring inventory capacity at a location. They focus on the 'how' of the movement, whereas capacity management is a 'where' concern that must be handled by the location configuration to prevent errors before the movement even begins.
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Inventory status
Why it's wrong here
Inventory status is used for classifying inventory (e.g., 'Available' vs 'Blocked') and does not manage physical dimensions or weight. Using status to control weight capacity would be an incorrect use of the feature and would not prevent a worker from physically placing an item into an undersized or weak location.
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