Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a technology for the unambiguous and…
Turnover rate and Rotation of goods: Fast and slow movers
The inventory turnover, also known as the inventory turnover rate or inventory…
Allocation strategies for warehouse and picking systems/warehouse operation strategies
In a company, it is vital to set goals before developing strategies and to…
Advantages and disadvantages: centralized and decentralized warehouse
In distribution logistics, the determination of warehouse locations represents…
Inventory in companies and in logistics
In the inventory, the assets of a company are determined on a key date; in this…
Uses of Blockchain technology in logistics / intralogistics
Blockchain is an enabling technology. Just like the Internet, it harbors…
Storage maintenance costs – warehousing costs or storage costs
Trading companies and manufacturing companies usually have a warehouse or…
Point of sale systems, warehouse management and branch logistics
A cash register system, also known as a POS system, is software that documents…
At a glance: the enterprise resource planning system
An enterprise resource planning system is a software that ensures a smooth flow…
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
The term Product Lifecycle Management, PLM for short, describes a holistic…
The Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Supply chain management (SCM) stands for the monitoring process as well as the…
Conveying aids in intralogistics
In intralogistics, conveying equipment is used to combine individual goods into…
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…
The storage location management
The storage location management ensures that a storage location is recorded or…
Materials management in production and logistics
Materials management controls the material flow within a company as well as…
Distributed Order Management
Distributed Order Management basically the consideration of all companies…
Inventory management in intralogistics, incl. stock and stock reconciliation
Inventory management stands for the complete digital recording of all stock…
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…
Stock Keeping Unit (SKU)
The acronym SKU, Stock Keeping Unit, describes a clearly identifiable storage…
The Newsvendor Model in SCM
Many supply chain management (SCM) approaches can be explained using the…
The cost of unused opportunities in supply chain management
No company can afford not to have the cost side under control. The figures from…
Ship to Line / the direct provision of goods
In the case of ship to line or direct provision of inventory, the…
Definition - The Milk Run Concept
The milk run concept is a method for optimizing inter-company procurement…
The degree of utilisation/the capacity utilisation
The degree of capacity utilisation describes the proportion of the capacity…
Information in intralogistics
Information describes the meaningful content of a message, which is of value…
Storage capacity/storage economy
Storage capacity is defined as the maximum number of loading units that a…
Host system (ERP system)
The host system (usually an ERP system) is a central data processing system…
Heijunka lean method
The Japanese lean method Heijunka pushes a production where the production flow…
Assortment width and assortment depth
The assortment available in a warehouse and in the retail trade is subdivided…
The distribution center
A distribution center is an interface in the form of a building complex that…
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…
Overview - Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC)
Each shipping unit, which can be a pallet or a carton, for example, is…
Defintion and advantages of consignment
The term consignment refers to a form of delivery of goods in which the…
Storage and retrieval machine
A storage and retrieval machine (SRM) is a storage device with which load units…
Overview of common manufacturing principles
Different principles can be applied in manufacturing. Some products are…
Mobile and stationary loading units
Loading units are collections of goods that are transported, transhipped or…
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…
