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Logistische Kennzahlen und Kennzahlensysteme
Inhaltsverzeichnis zur einfacheren Navigation des Beitrags: Kennzahlen Funktionen von Kennzahlen Gliederung von Kennzahlen und Kennzahlensystemen Traditionelle Kennzahlensysteme Traditionelle Kennzahlensysteme – Das…
Definition von Geschäftsregeln und Einsatzfelder von BRMS-Lösungen
Geschäftsregeln, englisch Business Rules, beschreiben Regeln, die für automatisierte Prozesse festgelegt werden, beziehungsweise für Prozesse, deren Automatisierungsgrad etabliert oder erhöht werden soll. Geschäftsregeln haben ihren Hintergrund…
Reverse logistics
While logistics represents the production route to the customer, reverse logistics, also known as return logistics, completes this semi-circle with the most efficient planning, control and disposal of materials to create an economic cycle. It is…
basic warehouse planning – actual state analysis and target concept
Once the target has been set, an actual state analysis including the identification of weak points is carried out during warehouse planning. On this basis, first in the rough planning, then in the detailed planning, a target concept is created,…
Regalzonen im Lager und im Handel
Ein Lagerregal, sowohl in der Intralogistik als auch im Einzelhandel, kann in verschiedene horizontale Regalzonen eingeteilt werden. Daraus ergeben sich in der Regel vier Regalzonen, die von unten nach oben folgendermaßen benannt werden: Bückzone…
Vertical integration in the retail sector
Vertical integration stands for retail companies that exert influence over various stages of the supply chain. The close cooperation between industry and retail is the main focus. Brands, for example, often present themselves via so-called…
Perfect Order Fulfillment
The so-called Perfect Order Fulfillment stands for the perfect degree of fulfillment of the delivery service. The degree of fulfillment describes the customer requirements for the delivery itself. In order to achieve a high degree of fulfillment,…
The (hanging) bag sorter
The Pouch sorter / Bag sorter belongs to the category of logistic sorting and distribution systems. A (hanging) bag sorter system makes it possible to transport hanging and flat packed goods fully automatically on the same line - even classic…
Logistics management and the supply chain
The integrated planning, organization, management, processing and control of the entire flow of materials and goods and the corresponding information flow is called logistics management. This is not a tangible work step, but rather countless process…
Metrial throughput time
The material throughput time is the time required to run through all business processes, for example in a warehouse or distribution centre. The calculation of the lead time begins with Goods receipt and ends when the material is made available for…
Order throughput time
When an order is received in a logistics center, it passes through various processes until it is completed. For each of these individual processes, the lead time is measured. If you add the lead times of the individual processes, you get the total…
The Jidoka principle in production and logistics
The Jidoka principle describes the ability of a machine, a plant or an entire system to switch itself off in case of errors, quality and production problems. Jidoka forms the second supporting pillar in the Toyota Production System (TPS) alongside…
Set-up time in production and intralogistics
If a machine or a production site, i.e. individual facilities or entire production lines, is set up for a special processing operation and equipped with the necessary tools, the duration of this changeover is referred to as set-up time. Usually, the…
Common types of inventory – end-of-period inventory
The most common types of inventory in intralogistics include periodic inventory, delayed inventory and continuous inventory. In the case of end-of-period inventory, the stocks are recorded in terms of quantity on a fixed date at the end of the…
Distributed Order Management
Distributed Order Management basically requires the consideration of all companies involved in an order as well as responsible personnel. Producers, logisticians, suppliers and dealers try to solve questions about tasks or orders that are to be…
Two-dimensional codes: stacked codes, matrix codes, QR code, DataMatrix code
The one-dimensional bar code is commonly used to label goods and services. However, since the data density of such codes is low, applications intended for this purpose use two-dimensional codes (2D codes or 2D barcodes) whose data capacity exceeds…
Cross-docking
There are different types of handling for goods in the shipping area. One of these is called cross-docking and is a form of cross-connection. The most striking characteristic of this type of transshipment is that cross-docking does not involve…
The packaging logistics
Packaging logistics is a sub-area of logistics; it is a link between production and distribution. In addition to packaging materials, packaging logistics also deals with the corresponding processes and structures of packing and packaging; as a…
Adaptive IT in intralogistics as a tool for digital transformation
Adaptive IT describes a modular system for modelling software. Individual software components can be added or removed as required without affecting the existing system. This concept allows for a very high degree of flexibility in the planning of a…
Movement strategies within warehouse operations
The aim of utilizing movement strategies is to adhere to specified guidelines in warehouse operations and, at the same time, achieve the best possible throughput performance. The respective movement strategy determines in which arrangement stacker…
Storage capacity / storage economy
Storage capacity is defined as the maximum number of loading units that a storage can hold. It also defines the actual capacity of a storage. This is directly related to the size of the storage area, the height of the storage (usable space), the…
Push system and pull system in supply chains
Supply chain management refers to the value creation process from the supplier to the end consumer. There are two systems, depending on how the supply chain is managed. The push system and the pull system. A company can trigger the production or…
Order picking – process steps
Picking stands for the combination of predefined orders from a warehouse assortment. The process steps that are carried out during picking include, for example, transferring the picking order and retrieving the article. These are individual basic…
Advice note
An advice note, also Advance Shipping Notice (ASN) or avis, is a preliminary information on the delivery of goods or on the delivery of a payment. In the following this article will use the abbreviation ASN. ASN in the movement of goods Due to the…
Das Ende der 6 R der Logistik? – Part 2
The classic logistics view is limited to the now famous 6 R's with regard to its tasks - as already mentioned in " The End of the 6 R's of Logistics? - Part 1 ". This approach to logisticsand supply chain management is comprehensible and…
External storage
In the case of external storage, storage takes place outside the company. The counterpart is the integral bearing. Taking into account various costs, such as warehouse operating and inventory costs, a break-even analysis can provide information as…
Assortment width and assortment depth
The assortment available in a warehouse and in the retail trade is subdivided into the assortment dimensions assortment width and assortment depth. The assortment width describes the range of different merchandise, the assortment depth the variety…
Decision making for discontinuous conveyors
In a transport system that does not convey continuously, the decision as to whether a transport object can be conveyed from one location to another is made directly in the control system. In the first step, this depends solely on the physical…
Continuous conveyor / discontinuous conveyor
Both the continuous conveyor and the discontinuous conveyor belong to the conveyor technology category. Both systems are used to transport goods from one place to another. They differ in that the continuous conveyor generates a continuous transport…
Rack zones – viewing zone
A rack can be divided into vertical rack based on the scale of an adult (average size 1.70 m). The viewing zone starts at an average height of 1.40 - 1.60 m and reaches up to 1.80 m depending on the height. The viewing zone is the storage area at…
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