Key figures
What is a Warehouse Management System / WMS?
A Warehouse Management System (WMS) is an indispensable software for the control and administration…
Definition of replenishment in transport and intralogistics
Replenishment is a fundamentally important process in today's enterprise resource planning. With…
Key figures and key figure systems
Table of contents for easier navigation of the post: Key figures Functions of key figures…
Turnover rate and Rotation of goods: Fast and slow movers
The inventory turnover, also known as the inventory turnover rate or inventory turnover…
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…
The range of storage
The range of storage is a key figure which expresses the internal security of supply by own stocks…
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…
Networked Production: Computer-integrated Manufacturing
Computer-integrated manufacturing, or CIM for short, stands for computer-controlled machine and…
The control center in intralogistics
The control panel in intralogistics represents a central point of a warehouse management system and…
Smart Data
Smart Data stands for the detailed and structured result of an analysis of unstructured data masses…
The Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Supply chain management (SCM) stands for the monitoring process as well as the coordination and…
Key figure system in intralogistics
Although a complete bundling of all key figures arising in warehouse and distribution systems is…
Perfect Order Fulfillment
The so-called Perfect Order Fulfillment stands for the perfect degree of fulfillment of the…
The end of the 6 Rs of logistics? – Part 2
The classic logistics view is limited to the now famous 6 R's with regard to its tasks - as already…
The end of the 6 Rs of logistics? – Part 1
The tasks of logistics and the logistician are memorably explained with the famous 6 Rs. The 6 Rs…
Inventory costs
Inventory costs are costs that arise from the movement of product goods in the warehouse or…
Stock Keeping Unit (SKU)
The acronym SKU, Stock Keeping Unit, describes a clearly identifiable storage unit. A storage unit…
Ship to Line / the direct provision of goods
In the case of ship to line or direct provision of inventory, the supplier/manufacturer assembles…
The degree of utilisation/the capacity utilisation
The degree of capacity utilisation describes the proportion of the capacity used by…
Definition of Accounting / Bookkeeping
The term accounting describes the comprehensive recording, storage and analysis or evaluation of…
Information in intralogistics
Information describes the meaningful content of a message, which is of value for the recipient. The…
Storage capacity/storage economy
Storage capacity is defined as the maximum number of loading units that a warehouse can hold. It…
The distribution center
A distribution center is an interface in the form of a building complex that functions exclusively…
The Bullwhip effect
The bullwhip effect describes coordination and communication problems in multi-stage supply chains…
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…
Master data
In intralogistics, master data, also known as primary data or reference data, is data that contains…
Material throughput time
The material throughput time is the time required to run through all business processes, for…
Potential analysis in intralogistics
A potential analysis is a comparison of company performance with the given expectations for said…
Performance analysis in logistics
A performance analysis examines various service points in logistics for their contribution to value…
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…
What is a Warehouse Management System / WMS?
A Warehouse Management System (WMS) is an indispensable software for the control and administration…
Definition of replenishment in transport and intralogistics
Replenishment is a fundamentally important process in today's enterprise resource planning. With…
Key figures and key figure systems
Table of contents for easier navigation of the post: Key figures Functions of key figures…
Turnover rate and Rotation of goods: Fast and slow movers
The inventory turnover, also known as the inventory turnover rate or inventory turnover…
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…
The range of storage
The range of storage is a key figure which expresses the internal security of supply by own stocks…
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…
Networked Production: Computer-integrated Manufacturing
Computer-integrated manufacturing, or CIM for short, stands for computer-controlled machine and…
The control center in intralogistics
The control panel in intralogistics represents a central point of a warehouse management system and…
Smart Data
Smart Data stands for the detailed and structured result of an analysis of unstructured data masses…
The Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Supply chain management (SCM) stands for the monitoring process as well as the coordination and…
Key figure system in intralogistics
Although a complete bundling of all key figures arising in warehouse and distribution systems is…
Perfect Order Fulfillment
The so-called Perfect Order Fulfillment stands for the perfect degree of fulfillment of the…
The end of the 6 Rs of logistics? – Part 2
The classic logistics view is limited to the now famous 6 R's with regard to its tasks - as already…
The end of the 6 Rs of logistics? – Part 1
The tasks of logistics and the logistician are memorably explained with the famous 6 Rs. The 6 Rs…
Inventory costs
Inventory costs are costs that arise from the movement of product goods in the warehouse or…
Stock Keeping Unit (SKU)
The acronym SKU, Stock Keeping Unit, describes a clearly identifiable storage unit. A storage unit…
Ship to Line / the direct provision of goods
In the case of ship to line or direct provision of inventory, the supplier/manufacturer assembles…
The degree of utilisation/the capacity utilisation
The degree of capacity utilisation describes the proportion of the capacity used by…
Definition of Accounting / Bookkeeping
The term accounting describes the comprehensive recording, storage and analysis or evaluation of…
Information in intralogistics
Information describes the meaningful content of a message, which is of value for the recipient. The…
Storage capacity/storage economy
Storage capacity is defined as the maximum number of loading units that a warehouse can hold. It…
The distribution center
A distribution center is an interface in the form of a building complex that functions exclusively…
The Bullwhip effect
The bullwhip effect describes coordination and communication problems in multi-stage supply chains…
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…
Master data
In intralogistics, master data, also known as primary data or reference data, is data that contains…
Material throughput time
The material throughput time is the time required to run through all business processes, for…
Potential analysis in intralogistics
A potential analysis is a comparison of company performance with the given expectations for said…
Performance analysis in logistics
A performance analysis examines various service points in logistics for their contribution to value…
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…
