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Out-of-Stock – the gap in the shelf
Out-of-stock typically refers to a shelf space in the stationary retail trade which no longer…
The production cycle
In a broader sense, a production cycle is the production process that begins with the raw materials…
Inventory in companies and in logistics
In the inventory, the assets of a company are determined on a key date; in this way, assets and…
Insulated packaging: Maintaining the cold chain in the supply chain
Insulated packaging is used for products that are sensitive to temperature or environmental…
Uses of Blockchain technology in logistics / intralogistics
Blockchain is an enabling technology. Just like the Internet, it harbors technological properties…
Storage maintenance costs – warehousing costs or storage costs
Trading companies and manufacturing companies usually have a warehouse or distribution centre. Raw…
The Jidoka principle in production and logistics
The Jidoka principle describes the ability of a machine, a plant or an entire system to switch…
Point of sale systems, warehouse management and branch logistics
A cash register system, also known as a POS system, is software that documents a specific financial…
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…
The range of storage
The range of storage is a key figure which expresses the internal security of supply by own stocks…
Cyber-physical systems and logistics
Cyber-physical systems, or CPS for short, are system units or components that are linked together…
Logistics management and the supply chain
The integrated planning, organization, management, processing and control of the entire flow of…
Vogel’s approximation method
The approximation method according to Vogel is a heuristic procedure that is mainly used in…
The screw conveyor / spiral conveyor for bulk material
Transport systems are needed in warehouses to transport goods. For this purpose, there are various…
Opportunity costs in logistics
Opportunity costs, also known as alternative costs or foregone costs, express a foregone benefit in…
CPFR – Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment
CPFR stands for Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment and is a further development…
Networked Production: Computer-integrated Manufacturing
Computer-integrated manufacturing, or CIM for short, stands for computer-controlled machine and…
At a glance: the enterprise resource planning system
An enterprise resource planning system is a software that ensures a smooth flow of commercial…
The picking time in intralogistics
The picking process itself and the associated picking time are usually a conglomerate of personnel-…
Picking method Pick-by-robot
The picking type Pick-by-Robot means the picking of goods, carried out by so-called…
Multicopter: Drones as parcel carriers of the future
Goods delivery by automated or even autonomous drones? What we know at best as a vision from…
Picking type Pick-by-Scan (also Pick-by-PDT)
The picking method Pick-by-Scan is a paperless picking process that is supported by a portable data…
Human-machine interfaces in the industry
The human-machine interface represents the analog or digital interaction interface between a…
Kanban and swarm intelligence at management level
In manufacturing and industry, a supply concept called Kanban(Japanese for card or sign), invented…
The picking method Pick-by-Vision
Pick-by-Vision is a picking process in which a picker uses data glasses and context-related…
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