The Bullwhip effect
The bullwhip effect describes coordination and communication problems in multi-stage supply chains…
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 different sized companies.…
Advantages and disadvantages: centralized and decentralized warehouse
In distribution logistics, the determination of warehouse locations represents a strategic…
Out-of-Stock – the gap in the shelf
Out-of-stock typically refers to a shelf space in the stationary retail trade which no longer…
The production cycle
In a broader sense, a production cycle is the production process that begins with the raw materials…
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…
Set-up time in production and intralogistics
If a machine or a production site, i.e. individual facilities or entire production lines, is set up…
Cyber-physical systems and logistics
Cyber-physical systems, or CPS for short, are system units or components that are linked together…
Logistics management and the supply chain
The integrated planning, organization, management, processing and control of the entire flow of…
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…
Multicopter: Drones as parcel carriers of the future
Goods delivery by automated or even autonomous drones? What we know at best as a vision from…
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
The term Product Lifecycle Management, PLM for short, describes a holistic approach to pooling…
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…
Logistics – Definition
The term logistics stands for the planning, control and monitoring of the material and immaterial…
Materials management in production and logistics
Materials management controls the material flow within a company as well as order-related material…
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…
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 performance of ants and…
Distributed Order Management
Distributed Order Management basically the consideration of all companies involved in an order as…
What is the logic behind supply chain management?
At the center of managementis the individual as an acting being, as homo agens. In supply chain…
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…
Information in intralogistics
Information describes the meaningful content of a message, which is of value for the recipient. The…
Lean Production
Lean Production describes a method with the goal to react quickly to outside influences on…
The distribution center
A distribution center is an interface in the form of a building complex that functions exclusively…
Production management
According to business economist Werner Kern, production management is an operational service…
Definition – Value chain
A value chain describes how value is created through a chain of activities and combined in…
Lean Management
Lean management also has several sub-categories, such as lean thinking, lean production and lean…
Overview of common manufacturing principles
Different principles can be applied in manufacturing. Some products are manufactured according to…
Push system and pull system in supply chains
Supply chain management refers to the value chain from the supplier to the end consumer. Depending…
Material throughput time
The material throughput time is the time required to run through all business processes, for…
Just-in-time – Definition
"Just-in-time" refers to a type of delivery in which the required goods are delivered on time and…