Picking time Picking time is understood as the time for the complete execution of a picking order. Brief description The picking process, through the expectations specific to each company, is often very complicated and requires a lot of staff involvement, which also makes it necessary to spend a lot of time and incur significant costs. To work economically under such conditions, it is necessary to analyze the time [...]
Delivery time Delivery time includes the time from the time the order is accepted at the supplier to the time the goods are accepted at the customer and includes the following activities: order development, production preparation, production, warehousing, preparation for shipment, transportation, unloading and making the goods available to the customer. Brief Description Depending on the industry and area, there are various main factors at work that affect the total time [...]
Initial run time Initial run time is the time that arises from the difference between the date of manufacture of an intermediate or finished product and the date when the material is available.
Chartering In transportation, chartering is defined as the profitable and temporary provision of a means of transportation for a fee. Brief description When renting and leasing a means of transportation, it is referred to as chartering. Especially in the field of air and sea transport, this term is used. Charters can be applied to the transportation of persons (yacht charter, charter flight, ...) or also in [...]
Cross Docking Cross Docking is a distribution system that distributes goods to regional centers without storage and thus minimizes the effort of handling activities. Cross Docking is therefore an important optional component of distribution logistics and Supply Chain Management. The concept implements the application of the flow principle in the distribution area. A brief description Cross Docking (also x-docking) originated in the years [...]
CRM - Customer Relationship Management CRM is a concept for running a business that optimizes and integrates all customer-related processes in departments such as marketing, sales and service. This way of doing things is based on a database and software for market development and an established sales process. Brief description The CRM concept means continuous, joint improvement and [...]
CPFR Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) stands for cooperative planning, forecasting and management of commodity streams. The process is oriented around extensive Point-of-Sales data development along the value creation chain. A brief description CPFR is supported by members of the Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards Association - VICS, which are, for example, Wal-Mart, Procter & Gamble, FedEx, Unilever and many [...]
CONWIP The term CONWIP stands for "CONstant Work In Progress" and describes a KANBAN-based procurement concept that, like KANBAN, operates using a card system. Brief description The system behind CONWIP follows, like KANBAN, the principle of pull. This means that orders are "pulled" through production, in such a way that the next station or machine reports [...]
Logistics Controlling Logistics controlling means more than purely function-dependent controlling. It deals much more with implementing and establishing guidelines for flow thinking in logistics. Its task is to take over planning, steering coordination and control in logistics systems. RELATED CONCEPTS Logistics indicators Process costing
Continuous Replenishment Continuous Replenishment, or ongoing procurement of goods, is a special form of Efficient Replenishment. In this process, the manufacturer is integrated into the distributor's planning of orders and deliveries and receives continuously very important information for its warehouse management on disposals. The supplier controls the resources in the warehouse by having the supplies adjusted accordingly.
