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Procurement logistics
Logistics encompasses all tasks for planning, controlling, providing and optimizing processes along…
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…
Overview of “Last-in-First-out” and “First-in-First-out” storage strategies
LIFO (last-in-first-out) and FIFO (first-in-first-out) are two different strategies for storing and…
The Kaizen System
The Kaizen system is a Japanese management system that provides for a continuous improvement…
Kanban system
The Kanban system is a planning system for production control. the Kanban system is often split…
Definition – Automated Storage and Retrieval System
An "Automated Storage and Retrieval System" (short: AS/RS, sometimes also "Automated small parts…
Rack zones – bending zone
A rack can be divided into vertical zones based on the scale of an adult (average size of 1.70 m).…
Rack zones – gripping zone
A rack can be divided into vertical zones based on the scale of an adult (average size of 1.70 m).…
Rack zones – viewing zone
A rack can be divided into vertical rack based on the scale of an adult (average size of 1.70 m).…
Cross-docking
There are different types of handling goods in the shipping area. One of these is called…
Just-in-time – Definition
“Just-in-time” refers to a type of delivery in which the required goods are delivered…
Procurement logistics – Just in sequence
"Just in sequence" refers to a type of delivery in which the required goods are delivered to the…
Overview of person-to-goods picking
Person-to-goods picking (also: man-to-goods picking) describes a picking method in which the…
Overview of goods-to-person picking
Goods-to-person picking (also: goods-to-man picking) describes a picking method in which the…
Single-stage order picking – order-oriented, serial picking
With order-oriented, serial picking, order items are successively processed according to orders.…
Sorter (Packing) – Process steps
The process steps that are carried out in the course of the (sorter) packing process include order…
Sorter – Packaging
Definition of Packing The packaging is the merging of storage units to form a complete unit. In the…
Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP System)
As an application program, an enterprise resource planning system (ERP system) supports all task…
Production data acquisition
Operating data is data from organisational and technical areas of a company. This includes order…
Overview of application interfaces (APIs)
Interfaces have the task of connecting IT systems with the environment, i.e. other facilities,…
Inventory management
Inventory management refers to the administration, planning and control of material flows within a…
Definition of intralogistics
The term intralogistics was created in 2004 by the "Forum Intralogistics" of the VDMA (German…
The basics of warehouse planning – Determining the objectives
In the past, when planning a warehouse, the main focus was often exclusively on the resulting costs…
The importance of material flow
According to VDI, "material flow" is the interlinking of all processes involved in extracting,…
Transport management – The material flow computer
The material flow computer calculates the fastest route through the materials handling equipment…
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