Rack zones – Overview
A storage rack, both in intralogistics and retail, can be divided into different horizontal racking…
The Bullwhip effect
The bullwhip effect describes coordination and communication problems in multi-stage supply chains…
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a technology for the unambiguous and contact-free…
The range of storage
The range of storage is a key figure which expresses the internal security of supply by own stocks…
Turnover rate and Rotation of goods: Fast and slow movers
The inventory turnover, also known as the inventory turnover rate or inventory turnover…
Allocation strategies for warehouse and picking systems/warehouse operation strategies
In a company, it is vital to set goals before developing strategies and to monitor their…
Advantages and disadvantages: centralized and decentralized warehouse
In distribution logistics, the determination of warehouse locations represents a strategic…
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…
Storage maintenance costs – warehousing costs or storage costs
Trading companies and manufacturing companies usually have a warehouse or distribution centre. Raw…
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…
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
The term Product Lifecycle Management, PLM for short, describes a holistic approach to pooling…
Replenishment in intralogistics
Replenishment (also referred to as Supply) is an elementary process in today's merchandise…
The Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Supply chain management (SCM) stands for the monitoring process as well as the coordination and…
Conveying aids in intralogistics
In intralogistics, conveying equipment is used to combine individual goods into larger load units.…
Order picking times – Dead time
Dead time is an unproductive but unavoidable so-called auxiliary time, which arises during picking…
Advantages of RFID technology over barcodes
What advantages does RFID radio technology have over barcodes? This question has also been on the…
The storage location management
The storage location management ensures that a storage location is recorded or occupied in width,…
Materials management in production and logistics
Materials management controls the material flow within a company as well as order-related material…
Distributed Order Management
Distributed Order Management basically the consideration of all companies involved in an order as…
Inventory costs
Inventory costs are costs that arise from the movement of product goods in the warehouse or…
Inventory management in intralogistics, incl. stock and stock reconciliation
Inventory management stands for the complete digital recording of all stock movements in…
Definition – WMS – The Warehouse Management System
The Warehouse Management System (WMS) is an indispensable software for the control and…
CMR: the consignment note
The term CMR comes from the French, Convention relative au Contrat de transport international de…
Stock Keeping Unit (SKU)
The acronym SKU, Stock Keeping Unit, describes a clearly identifiable storage unit. A storage unit…
The Newsvendor Model in SCM
Many supply chain management (SCM) approaches can be explained using the Newsvendor Model (NVM).…
The cost of unused opportunities in supply chain management
No company can afford not to have the cost side under control. The figures from financial…
Definition – The Milk Run Concept
The milk run concept is a method for optimizing inter-company procurement logistics, often used in…
The degree of utilisation/the capacity utilisation
The degree of capacity utilisation describes the proportion of the capacity used by…
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…
Storage capacity/storage economy
Storage capacity is defined as the maximum number of loading units that a warehouse can hold. It…
Host system (ERP system)
The host system (usually an ERP system) is a central data processing system that can be accessed…
Heijunka lean method
The Japanese lean method Heijunka pushes a production where the production flow of the parts market…
Assortment width and assortment depth
The assortment available in a warehouse and in the retail trade is subdivided into the assortment…
The distribution center
A distribution center is an interface in the form of a building complex that functions exclusively…
The barcode – EAN, GTIN and GS1 standard
Barcodes have successfully established themselves over other systems in recent years. The barcode…
Temperature-controlled logistics (environmental measurement)
The market for temperature-controlled logistics in particular has been growing in volume over the…
Data Mart: the local warehouse database analysis
Data mart describes the use of a database that is only a department-specific part of the overall…
Defintion and advantages of consignment
The term consignment refers to a form of delivery of goods in which the supplier acts as consignor…
Master data
In intralogistics, master data, also known as primary data or reference data, is data that contains…
Storage and retrieval machine
A storage and retrieval machine (SRM) is a storage device with which load units can be stored,…
Overview of common manufacturing principles
Different principles can be applied in manufacturing. Some products are manufactured according to…
Advance Shipping Notice
An Advance Shipping Notice (ASN), also advice note or avis, is a piece of preliminary information…
Mobile and stationary loading units
Loading units are collections of goods that are transported, transhipped or stored as they pass…
Cycle time procedure
Goods are fed from the main warehouse to the picking area manually, as a precaution or on-demand.…
Reorder point procedure
Goods are fed from the main warehouse to the picking area manually, as a precaution or on demand.…
Warehouse strategy – LIFO vs FIFO
LIFO (last-in-first-out) and FIFO (first-in-first-out) are two different strategies for storing and…
Kanban system
The Kanban system is a planning system for production control. the Kanban system is often split…
Definition – Automatic small parts warehouse
An "automated small parts warehouse" (AS/RS) is a storage system in which small-volume units such…