28. October 2013
Advance Shipping Notice
An Advance Shipping Notice (ASN), also advice note or avis, is a piece of preliminary information on the delivery of goods or the delivery of payment. In the following, this article will use the abbreviation ASN. ASN in the movement of goods Due to…
30. September 2013
Modernization: retrofit in intralogistics
Term retrofit refers to the modernization of machines and equipment. It includes the terms conversion, renovation, and retrofitting. In intralogistics, retrofit is used to fully exploit the potential of older facilities. Modernizations or…
25. September 2013
Material throughput time
The material throughput time is the time required to run through all business processes, for example, in a warehouse or distribution centre. The calculation of the lead time begins with Goods receipt and ends when the material is made available for…
20. September 2013
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 that materials are in a constant flow. A smooth material flow has a positive effect on throughput and delivery times. Cost reducing time strategies…
16. September 2013
Potential analysis in intralogistics
A potential analysis is a comparison of company performance with the given expectations for said company. In logistics, it is also known as a logistics audit and is used as a future-oriented, strategic planning tool. Processes and structures of the…
16. September 2013
Performance analysis in logistics
A performance analysis examines various service points in logistics for their contribution to value creation. This involves checking at what cost and in what quality the service points of logistics areas, such as procurement, production,…
9. September 2013
Transport strategies: Overview
Transport strategies are used to execute existing transport orders. Transportation strategies can be used for transportation planning to route the transport units to the appropriate destinations. There are four transport strategies: station…
5. September 2013
Cycle time procedure
Goods are fed from the main warehouse to the picking area manually, as a precaution or on-demand. Depending on which criterion drives the replenishment, either the staging procedure, the reorder point procedure or the cycle time procedure is…
3. September 2013
Continuous conveyor / discontinuous conveyor
Both the continuous conveyor and the discontinuous conveyor belong to the conveyor technology category. Both systems are used to transport goods from one place to another. They differ in that the continuous conveyor generates a constant transport…
30. August 2013
Overview of linear sorter systems
The linear sorter, or shoe sorter, is an automated sorting and distribution system on which the goods are transported and distributed to their designated stations by a sliding mechanism. This sorting and distribution method is a continuous material…
21. August 2013
Reorder point procedure
Goods are fed from the main warehouse to the picking area manually, as a precaution or on demand. Depending on which criterion drives the replenishment, either the reorder point procedure, the staging procedure or the cycle time procedure is…
17. July 2013
Decision making for discontinuous conveyors
In a transport system that does not convey continuously, the decision as to whether a transport object can be transferred from one location to another is made directly in the control system. In the first step, this depends solely on the physical…
15. July 2013
Provisioning procedure
Goods are fed from the main warehouse to the picking area manually, as a precaution or on-demand. Depending on which criterion drives the replenishment, either the staging procedure, the reorder point procedure or the cycle time procedure is…
15. July 2013
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 is carried out during warehouse planning. On this basis, first in the rough planning, then in the detailed planning, a target concept is created,…
15. July 2013
Warehouse strategy – LIFO vs FIFO
LIFO (last-in-first-out) and FIFO (first-in-first-out) are two different strategies for storing and retrieving goods. Last-in-first-out The last-in-first-out principle describes a storage strategy in which the goods that were put into storage last…
15. July 2013
Kanban system
The Kanban system is a planning system for production control. the Kanban system is often split into material flow and replenishment are controlled starting from the processing location, based on the goods used here. Since it is not possible to act…
15. July 2013
Cross-docking
There are different types of handling goods in the shipping area. One of these is called cross-docking and is a form of cross-connection. The most striking characteristic of this type of transhipment is that cross-docking does not involve storage.…
15. July 2013
Just-in-time – Definition
"Just-in-time" refers to a type of delivery in which the required goods are delivered on time and in exact quantities in order to keep warehousing at the processing location as low as possible. The decisive difference to just-in-sequence is that the…
15. July 2013
Procurement logistics – Just in sequence
"Just in sequence" refers to a type of delivery in which the required goods are delivered to the right place at the right time, in the right quantity and of the right kind and processed immediately. The decisive difference to "just-in-time"…
15. July 2013
Overview of person-to-goods picking
Person-to-goods picking (also: man-to-goods picking) describes a picking method in which the provision of the inventory takes place statically. In other words, the employee goes to the storage location and takes the required inventory on the spot.…
15. July 2013
Overview of goods-to-person picking
Goods-to-person picking (also: goods-to-man picking) describes a picking method in which the provision of inventory is dynamic and automated. In this process, articles are fed directly to the picker by means of materials handling technology. The…
15. July 2013
Single-stage order picking – order-oriented, serial picking
With order-oriented, serial picking, order items are successively processed according to orders. Either an order picker passes through all warehouse zones or an order is transferred from an order picker of a certain zone to the next order picker and…
10. July 2013
Inventory management
Inventory management refers to the administration, planning and control of material flows within a company or between companies, customers, suppliers or branch offices. On the one hand, it records the movement of goods and, on the other hand,…
10. July 2013
The importance of material flow
According to VDI, "material flow" is the interlinking of all processes involved in extracting, processing and distributing goods within defined areas. Material flow includes all forms of the passage of work objects (e.g. materials, parts, data…
9. July 2013
Transport management – The material flow computer
The material flow computer calculates the fastest route through the materials handling equipment in real-time as part of the transport management process. Taking into account the available facility resources, the material flow computer decides on…
24. June 2013
The evolution of warehouse management
Warehouse management has undergone a tremendous development from its beginnings until today. Whereas manual processes were once laboriously structured via analog media, today both the technology and the process view have fundamentally evolved The…
24. June 2013
Definition – Contract logistics
Logistics includes all tasks for planning, controlling, providing and optimizing processes along the value chain. Contract logistics is a business segment of logistics services. It is geared towards long-term cooperation between manufacturers and…
19. June 2013
The modern material flow control
The Material Flow Control System (MFCS) or the Material Flow Computer (MFC) is very often described as an order management system that is directly assigned to materials handling equipment. However, this blanket definition of material flow control no…
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28. October 2013
Advance Shipping Notice
An Advance Shipping Notice (ASN), also advice note or avis, is a piece of preliminary information…
30. September 2013
Modernization: retrofit in intralogistics
Term retrofit refers to the modernization of machines and equipment. It includes the terms…
25. September 2013
Material throughput time
The material throughput time is the time required to run through all business processes, for…
20. September 2013
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…
16. September 2013
Potential analysis in intralogistics
A potential analysis is a comparison of company performance with the given expectations for said…
16. September 2013
Performance analysis in logistics
A performance analysis examines various service points in logistics for their contribution to value…
9. September 2013
Transport strategies: Overview
Transport strategies are used to execute existing transport orders. Transportation strategies can…
5. September 2013
Cycle time procedure
Goods are fed from the main warehouse to the picking area manually, as a precaution or on-demand.…
3. September 2013
Continuous conveyor / discontinuous conveyor
Both the continuous conveyor and the discontinuous conveyor belong to the conveyor technology…
30. August 2013
Overview of linear sorter systems
The linear sorter, or shoe sorter, is an automated sorting and distribution system on which the…
21. August 2013
Reorder point procedure
Goods are fed from the main warehouse to the picking area manually, as a precaution or on demand.…
17. July 2013
Decision making for discontinuous conveyors
In a transport system that does not convey continuously, the decision as to whether a transport…
15. July 2013
Provisioning procedure
Goods are fed from the main warehouse to the picking area manually, as a precaution or on-demand.…
15. July 2013
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…
15. July 2013
Warehouse strategy – LIFO vs FIFO
LIFO (last-in-first-out) and FIFO (first-in-first-out) are two different strategies for storing and…
15. July 2013
Kanban system
The Kanban system is a planning system for production control. the Kanban system is often split…
15. July 2013
Cross-docking
There are different types of handling goods in the shipping area. One of these is called…
15. July 2013
Just-in-time – Definition
"Just-in-time" refers to a type of delivery in which the required goods are delivered on time and…
15. July 2013
Procurement logistics – Just in sequence
"Just in sequence" refers to a type of delivery in which the required goods are delivered to the…
15. July 2013
Overview of person-to-goods picking
Person-to-goods picking (also: man-to-goods picking) describes a picking method in which the…
15. July 2013
Overview of goods-to-person picking
Goods-to-person picking (also: goods-to-man picking) describes a picking method in which the…
15. July 2013
Single-stage order picking – order-oriented, serial picking
With order-oriented, serial picking, order items are successively processed according to orders.…
10. July 2013
Inventory management
Inventory management refers to the administration, planning and control of material flows within a…
10. July 2013
The importance of material flow
According to VDI, "material flow" is the interlinking of all processes involved in extracting,…
9. July 2013
Transport management – The material flow computer
The material flow computer calculates the fastest route through the materials handling equipment…
24. June 2013
The evolution of warehouse management
Warehouse management has undergone a tremendous development from its beginnings until today.…
24. June 2013
Definition – Contract logistics
Logistics includes all tasks for planning, controlling, providing and optimizing processes along…
19. June 2013
The modern material flow control
The Material Flow Control System (MFCS) or the Material Flow Computer (MFC) is very often described…