Microfulfillment - definition and overview
Microfulfillment describes the decentralized and also customer-oriented…
The factor Light in warehouse and logistics
The illumination of distribution centers is a rather rarely addressed aspect of…
Single-stage picking - order-oriented, parallel picking
With parallel picking, an order is divided between different picking zones and…
Turnover rate and Rotation of goods: Fast and slow movers
The inventory turnover, also known as the inventory turnover rate or inventory…
Storage techniques in intralogistics
Depending on the nature of the stored goods and the frequency of use, different…
Swarm intelligence - What we logisticians can learn from ants - Part II
You may think estimating the weight of an ox, as described in Part 1 of this…
When risk minimization becomes a risk in logistics
Logistical decisions are ultimately economic decisions. This applies, for…
SAIL - the system architecture for intralogistics from VDI / VDMA
"Innovation and Standardization" is the title of a working group of the…
Enterprise Resource Planning - the five most important questions when choosing an ERP system
An Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP for short) is used in many…
Advantages and disadvantages: centralized and decentralized warehouse
In distribution logistics, the determination of warehouse locations represents…
Storage maintenance costs – warehousing costs or storage costs
Trading companies and manufacturing companies usually have a warehouse or…
The Jidoka principle in production and logistics
The Jidoka principle describes the ability of a machine, a plant or an entire…
Set-up time in production and intralogistics
If a machine or a production site, i.e. individual facilities or entire…
Logistics management and the supply chain
The integrated planning, organization, management, processing and control of…
Vogel's approximation method
The approximation method according to Vogel is a heuristic procedure that is…
Opportunity costs in logistics
Opportunity costs, also known as alternative costs or foregone costs, express a…
Human-machine interfaces in the industry
The human-machine interface represents the analog or digital interaction…
Kanban and swarm intelligence at management level
In manufacturing and industry, a supply concept called Kanban(Japanese for card…
The control center in intralogistics
The control panel in intralogistics represents a central point of a warehouse…
The Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Supply chain management (SCM) stands for the monitoring process as well as the…
Order picking - process steps
Picking stands for the combination of predefined orders from a warehouse…
The storage location management
The storage location management ensures that a storage location is recorded or…
The process-oriented warehouse planning
The process-oriented warehouse planning already takes into account in detail…
Materials management in production and logistics
Materials management controls the material flow within a company as well as…
The end of the 6 Rs of logistics? - Part 1
The tasks of logistics and the logistician are memorably explained with the…
Swarm intelligence - What we logisticians can learn from ants - Part I
Surely you use a navigation system. So then you are already relying on the…
Optimization through process chain management
Process chain management serves to organize business processes in…
Functions of the warehouse
When considering the functions of a warehouse, the purpose of the warehouse…
Ergonomics in the warehouse
Ergonomics in the warehouse aims at the adaptation and creation of workstations…
Specifications and requirement documents in intralogistics
The specification sheet generally contains the project requirements predefined…
Definition - WMS - The Warehouse Management System
The Warehouse Management System (WMS) is an indispensable software for the…
Picking times - base time
In picking, the base time is the time required for picking. It only describes…
Material flow control as a service for a distribution center
Material flow control, also known as material flow computer or material flow…
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs)
From the technical committee of the VDI (Association of German Engineers),…
Cut-off time in intralogistics
In intralogistics, the cut-off time describes the time at which an order must…
Function and advantages of the ant algorithm
The Ant Algorithm, also often called Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) in 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…
Definition of Accounting / Bookkeeping
The term accounting describes the comprehensive recording, storage and analysis…
Storage capacity/storage economy
Storage capacity is defined as the maximum number of loading units that a…
Assortment width and assortment depth
The assortment available in a warehouse and in the retail trade is subdivided…
