Definition and overview of the logistic process shipping and the common shipping types
What is included in the business process of shipping?The transport of goods from a company’s…
Definition of business rules and fields of application of BRMS solutions
Business rules describe rules that are defined for automated processes or for processes whose…
Single-stage picking – order-oriented, parallel picking
With parallel picking, an order is divided between different picking zones and processed…
The Bullwhip effect
The bullwhip effect describes coordination and communication problems in multi-stage supply chains…
Definition and overview of goods issue in intralogistics
Just as with goods receipt, goods issue is an interface between internal and external materials…
Goods Receipt in intralogistics – definition and overview
The design and scope of the goods receipt are relevant for the performance of a warehouse. If the…
SAIL – the system architecture for intralogistics from VDI / VDMA
"Innovation and Standardization" is the title of a working group of the Intralogistics Forum of the…
Artificial intelligence (AI) and logistics
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be defined as intelligence that originates exclusively from…
Uses of Blockchain technology in logistics / intralogistics
Blockchain is an enabling technology. Just like the Internet, it harbors technological properties…
The Jidoka principle in production and logistics
The Jidoka principle describes the ability of a machine, a plant or an entire system to switch…
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…
Logistics management and the supply chain
The integrated planning, organization, management, processing and control of the entire flow of…
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…
The Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Supply chain management (SCM) stands for the monitoring process as well as the coordination and…
Lean management: the 5S-method
The 5S method originates from Japanese production and was first used by the car manufacturer…
Inventory costs
Inventory costs are costs that arise from the movement of product goods in the warehouse or…
Specifications and requirement documents in intralogistics
The specification sheet generally contains the project requirements predefined and described in…
Ship to Line / the direct provision of goods
In the case of ship to line or direct provision of inventory, the supplier/manufacturer assembles…
Information in intralogistics
Information describes the meaningful content of a message, which is of value for the recipient. The…
Returns processing
Returns handling describes several processes in the return of goodsordered - mostly - online. They…
Definition of order processing in intralogistics
Order processing includes all formal processes such as order transmission, data processing and…
Lean Production
Lean Production describes a method with the goal to react quickly to outside influences on…
Order throughput time
When an order is received in a logistics centre, it passes through various processes until it is…
Production management
According to business economist Werner Kern, production management is an operational service…
Batch formation in picking
Batch formation during picking, also known as batch picking or multi-order picking, is a form of…
Definition – Value chain
A value chain describes how value is created through a chain of activities and combined in…
Sorter (Packing) – Basics
After the picking business process, the product is passed on to the sorter (packing department).…
Single-stage picking – basics
During picking, a certain quantity of articles is picked from an assortment and put together.…
Picking – definition and picking methods
Picking stands for the assembly of goods and merchandise according to specified orders from an…
Material throughput time
The material throughput time is the time required to run through all business processes, for…
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…
Single-stage order picking – order-oriented, serial picking
With order-oriented, serial picking, order items are successively processed according to orders.…
Sorter – Packaging
Definition of Packing The packaging is the merging of storage units to form a complete unit. In the…
The manual sort order fulfilment
Manual Sort Order Fulfilment (MSF) is a software-supported, manual sorting system. The basis is a…
Single-stage picking without IT system support
Picking without IT system support requires a manageable assortment of articles, which is clearly…
Definition of business processes
Business processes can be used to visualize business-relevant procedures of a company. A task that…
The modern material flow control
The Material Flow Control System (MFCS) or the Material Flow Computer (MFC) is very often described…