Definition of the software principle 'clean architecture'
Clean architecture' is an IT application implementation style. At the heart of…
Definition and advantages of context-aware frontend architecture
Reasons for context-aware frontend architecture User interfaces must meet more…
What is Business Intelligence - structure, requirements, advantages and disadvantages
Business Intelligence - Definition Traditionally, Business Intelligence (BI) is…
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a technology for the unambiguous and…
Adaptive IT in intralogistics as a tool for digital transformation
Adaptive IT describes a modular system for modelling software. Individual…
Enterprise Resource Planning - the five most important questions when choosing an ERP system
An Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP for short) is used in many…
Artificial intelligence (AI) and logistics
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be defined as intelligence that originates…
Inventory in companies and in logistics
In the inventory, the assets of a company are determined on a key date; in this…
Point of sale systems, warehouse management and branch logistics
A cash register system, also known as a POS system, is software that documents…
Cyber-physical systems and logistics
Cyber-physical systems, or CPS for short, are system units or components that…
CPFR – Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment
CPFR stands for Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment and is a…
Networked Production: Computer-integrated Manufacturing
Computer-integrated manufacturing, or CIM for short, stands for…
At a glance: the enterprise resource planning system
An enterprise resource planning system is a software that ensures a smooth flow…
Human-machine interfaces in the industry
The human-machine interface represents the analog or digital interaction…
The picking method Pick-by-Vision
Pick-by-Vision is a picking process in which a picker uses data glasses and…
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
The term Product Lifecycle Management, PLM for short, describes a holistic…
The control center in intralogistics
The control panel in intralogistics represents a central point of a warehouse…
Augmented Reality in logistics and service
Augmented Reality (AR) describes the computer-aided extension of human…
Key figure system in intralogistics
Although a complete bundling of all key figures arising in warehouse and…
Order picking times - Dead time
Dead time is an unproductive but unavoidable so-called auxiliary time, which…
Advantages of RFID technology over barcodes
What advantages does RFID radio technology have over barcodes? This question…
Swarm intelligence - What we logisticians can learn from ants - Part I
Surely you use a navigation system. So then you are already relying on the…
Distributed Order Management
Distributed Order Management basically the consideration of all companies…
E-Commerce: the online marketplace
E-commerce, or electronic commerce, is the term for electronic commerce on the…
Definition - WMS - The Warehouse Management System
The Warehouse Management System (WMS) is an indispensable software for the…
CMR: the consignment note
The term CMR comes from the French, Convention relative au Contrat de transport…
The degree of utilisation/the capacity utilisation
The degree of capacity utilisation describes the proportion of the capacity…
Definition of Accounting / Bookkeeping
The term accounting describes the comprehensive recording, storage and analysis…
Information in intralogistics
Information describes the meaningful content of a message, which is of value…
Host system (ERP system)
The host system (usually an ERP system) is a central data processing system…
The barcode - EAN, GTIN and GS1 standard
Barcodes have successfully established themselves over other systems in recent…
Temperature-controlled logistics (environmental measurement)
The market for temperature-controlled logistics in particular has been growing…
Overview and definition of ident carriers
In order to be able to identify an object without any doubt throughout the…
Data Mart: the local warehouse database analysis
Data mart describes the use of a database that is only a department-specific…
Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP System)
As an application program, an enterprise resource planning system (ERP system)…
Overview of application interfaces (APIs)
Interfaces have the task of connecting IT systems with the environment, i.e.…
Storage location management - The importance of EDP in warehouse organization
In modern warehouses with a certain amount of goods, the warehouse processes…