Advance Shipping Notice
An Advance Shipping Notice (ASN), also advice note or avis, is a piece of preliminary information…
Modernization: retrofit in intralogistics
Term retrofit refers to the modernization of machines and equipment. It includes the terms…
Material throughput time
The material throughput time is the time required to run through all business processes, for…
Time strategies: throughput and delivery time reduction
Besides the just-in-time and just-in-sequence methods, other time strategies can be used to ensure…
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…
Transport strategies: Overview
Transport strategies are used to execute existing transport orders. Transportation strategies can…
Cycle time procedure
Goods are fed from the main warehouse to the picking area manually, as a precaution or on-demand.…
Continuous conveyor / discontinuous conveyor
Both the continuous conveyor and the discontinuous conveyor belong to the conveyor technology…
Overview of linear sorter systems
The linear sorter, or shoe sorter, is an automated sorting and distribution system on which the…
Reorder point procedure
Goods are fed from the main warehouse to the picking area manually, as a precaution or on demand.…
Decision making for discontinuous conveyors
In a transport system that does not convey continuously, the decision as to whether a transport…
Provisioning procedure
Goods are fed from the main warehouse to the picking area manually, as a precaution or on-demand.…
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…
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…
Cross-docking
There are different types of handling goods in the shipping area. One of these is called…
Just-in-time – Definition
"Just-in-time" refers to a type of delivery in which the required goods are delivered on time and…
Procurement logistics – Just in sequence
"Just in sequence" refers to a type of delivery in which the required goods are delivered to the…
Overview of person-to-goods picking
Person-to-goods picking (also: man-to-goods picking) describes a picking method in which the…
Overview of goods-to-person picking
Goods-to-person picking (also: goods-to-man picking) describes a picking method in which the…
Single-stage order picking – order-oriented, serial picking
With order-oriented, serial picking, order items are successively processed according to orders.…
Inventory management
Inventory management refers to the administration, planning and control of material flows within a…
The importance of material flow
According to VDI, "material flow" is the interlinking of all processes involved in extracting,…
Transport management – The material flow computer
The material flow computer calculates the fastest route through the materials handling equipment…
The evolution of warehouse management
Warehouse management has undergone a tremendous development from its beginnings until today.…
Definition – Contract logistics
Logistics includes all tasks for planning, controlling, providing and optimizing processes along…
The modern material flow control
The Material Flow Control System (MFCS) or the Material Flow Computer (MFC) is very often described…