Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has started to exert a major influence on modern supply chain management. In manufacturing, RFID changes the way objects are tracked on the shop floor and how manufactured goods interact with the production environment. In logistics, RFID is used to track...

Business and Information Systems Engineering (BISE) is at a turning point. Planning, designing, developing and operating IT used to be a management task of a few elites in public ad-ministrations and corporations. But the continuous digitization of nearly all areas of life changes the IT...

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction to the Book -- Definitions and typical issues -- The K-Method, example of a price formula -- Solutions for big issues using the K-Method -- Reasonig for the introduction of the K-Method -- The K-Method and other industries -- Outlook on advanced...

Vorwort -- Einleitung -- FMCG -- Kemplexität -- Packmittel -- Die großen Themenblöcke -- Die K-Methode -- Vormaterialien -- Internes Benchemarking -- Neuer Preis -- Ausschreibungen -- Losgrößen -- Kombination von Packmitteln -- Dimensionierung -- Einkaufscontrolling -- Vertiefung --...

1. Introduction. Lloyd Strickland, Julia Weckend -- Section 1: Science. 2. Philosophy and science in Leibniz. Maria Rosa Antognazza -- 3. Between learned science and technical knowledge: Leibniz, Leeuwenhoek and the school for microscopists. Alessandro Becchi -- 4. Leibniz, organic matter and...

In recent years, Supply Chain Management (SCM) has become one of the most widely discussed issues on top management`s agenda. One essential precondition for the implementation of SCM concepts are powerful information systems. Many manufacturing companies deploy the logistics modules of the SAP...