KANBAN Kanban (from Japanese card, signboard) is a procurement strategy for synchronous production control, based on the pull principle (supermarket principle). The opposite of this is Taylor theory with the push principle. A brief description of Kanban as well as the synchronous production system and KAIZEN were created and used by Taiichi Ohno of Toyota (a Japanese car company). They represent a very [...]
KAIZEN KAIZEN (KAI = change, ZEN = for good) is the Japanese term for the concept of continuous improvement. An important point of the KAIZEN management philosophy is process-oriented thinking, where it is not the result that stands at the center of attention, but the improvement of the process to achieve the right customer-oriented result. Brief description Since the system is based on avoiding waste of materials, [...]
Cabotage The term cabotage describes the operation of transportation services by a company that originates neither in the country of origin nor in the country of destination. Cabotage refers to both freight and passenger transportation. Brief description We speak of cabotage, for example, when a Czech carrier conducts transport from Germany to Austria, because it originates neither in Germany nor in [...]
Transport unit A transport unit consists of a transport aid (for example, a pallet) and a commodity, forming with it a physical unit of handling. RELATED CONCEPTS Transport support agent Pallet trnsport system
Cargo unit A cargo unit is a physical unit used to collect goods to facilitate transportation, handling and storage. Load units are built on standardized load carriers, most commonly a flat pallet. RELATED CONCEPTS Loading aids Pallet
Bimodal unit Bimodal units are transportation units used for bimodal road and rail transportation in Europe. Brief description Bimodal units can be used as transport units for both road and rail transportation. As a rule, they have a length of 6250 mm or 7150 mm, a width of 2500 mm and a height of 2600 mm, making them identical in size [...]
Quality of delivery Quality of delivery provides information about the characteristics of the goods at the time of receipt. It can be divided into criteria such as delivery accuracy and delivery condition. The delivery quality index is an important criterion for evaluating an enterprise's delivery service. RELATED CONCEPTS Delivery service