Knowledge forum
Meeting place for exchanging knowledge
Connecting different system environments via a single platform and like this permitting the exchange of data between a large number of value-creation partners is our strength.In doing so, our service creates value added by making information in a wide variety of formats utilizable for different partners. Because one partner’s information combined with that of another to create substantiated knowledge adds value.
Just like our data platform, we want our knowledge platform to connect users in an exchange.
With the knowledge forum we aim to offer a platform for qualified and valuable articles relating to all areas of logistics.
How does this work?
We are continuously on the lookout for publications that offer valuable knowledge for our readers. Like this, we concentrate expertise and opinions from different perspectives.
But our visitors are also invited to contribute. Read an interesting article recently? Then let us know about it today!
The right knowledge at your fingertips
Trends
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SCM 2010: What is going to change in the next 6 years
SCM 2010: What is going to change in the next 6 years
What – apart from market dynamics – do the next few years hold in store in terms of revolutionary or logistics developments? How will the organization in supply networks and the way they cooperate change? What new functionalities will play key roles? Value orientation, real-time optimization, requirements such as traceability or perhaps the old, new magic word “collaboration”: which of these perspectives offer the promise of such an ROI that new or additional SCM efforts are really justified and will be successfully implemented in the future? Interesting questions!
Read here the answers and the statements of the roundtable experts from the German Logistics Association (DGfl) and Competence Site. more
Behind the scenes
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What does your company contribute to the supply chain?
What does your company contribute to the supply chain?
The success of a supply chain is determined by the performance of the weakest link in the chain.
But how to identify weaknesses and find suitable measures to eliminate them?
University professor Horst Wildemann from the Technical University in Munich has together with experts in the field developed an Internet-based tool that makes a valuable contribution towards answering these questions.
Read here why this decision-making aid could be important preparation for your logistics investments.
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Possibilities and challenges of RFID integration in logistics processes
Possibilities and challenges of RFID integration in logistics processes
RFID as a new technology is also increasingly being focused by small and medium-sized enterprises.
The Bremen Institute for Operating Technology and Applied Ergonomics (BIBA) has studied what potential, obstacles and expectations exist for this user group. On the basis of this study, guidelines and checklists have been developed that are aimed at facilitating the introduction of RFID by ascertaining and evaluating the requirements.
Read here what’s important when it comes to introducing RFID in small and medium-sized enterprises. more -
From Tracking & Tracing, through visibility, to supply chain management
From Tracking & Tracing, through visibility, to supply chain management
Anyone looking to find the right benchmark for process optimization and customer satisfaction between the poles of flexibility and return on investment needs an agile supply chain strategy. How can this be realized and what tools are suitable for the job?
Read here practically-oriented reflections by Reiner Kuhn about how supply chain management can become an “event”.
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Management guidelines for RFID
Management guidelines for RFID
What has to be taken into consideration when deciding on a Radio Frequency Identification System?
Here, decision-makers and project managers can find compact knowledge about the technical state-of-the-art, available technology, middleware requirements and investment protection.
Read here the arguments for a useful decision-making aid from the Verband der EDV-Software und -Beratungsunternehmen – VDEB (Association of Computer Software and Service Companies) and AIM Deutschland (Association for Automatic Identification and Mobile Data Capture) more -
Detention for logistics providers
Detention for logistics providers
For logistics providers, evaluating and controlling logistics processes is a necessary knowledge basis to enable them to successfully manage change management processes as supply chain managers. The tasks of logistics providers are changing. Managing cross-functional supply chain intelligence demands new methods and skills.
Read here a critical reflection by Frank Busch on what requirements today’s logistics services providers must fulfil.
(Source: Springer Logistik Akademie) more
In practice
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