Guide

Maverick Buying costs German mid-sized companies up to 16 per cent of their negotiated savings. How to get warehouse equipment procurement systematically under control with spend analysis, framework agreements, eProcurement and a 90-day plan, without a large-scale SAP project.

Hinged-door, sliding-door and locker cabinets compared: reading load capacity correctly, understanding DIN 4547 and DIN EN 16121/16122, ASR A4.1 dimensions for lockers, and care tips.

A forklift serves one station per trip, a tugger train serves ten in a single tour. This practical guide with an ROI example and references to DGUV and VDI shows when switching to the Milkrun principle pays off economically, in terms of safety and in the spirit of Lean.

Lockout-tagout protects maintenance staff from unexpected restarts. What German law requires – and what the new DIN EN 17975 standard covers.

CSRD, CBAM and rising energy costs are making sustainability mandatory. How to systematically decarbonise your warehouse in 2026 – with concrete figures on LED, high-speed doors, photovoltaics, steel with recycled content and reporting under ESRS E1.

How to introduce 5S in your workshop: the five steps from Seiri to Shitsuke, DGUV accident figures, legal duties and proven implementation tips.

At least 400 Joules of energy absorption, 300 mm height, not connected to the racking, what DGUV Information 208-061 and DIN EN 15512/15620 actually require and which protection types meet your needs.

Shelf load and bay load are not the same: definitions per DGUV 208-061, how to read the load notice, load distribution and beam deflection checks.

The lowest price rarely means the best supplier. Those who award racking, forklifts or conveyor technology on unit price alone are buying downtime, complaints and compliance risks. This guide shows which metrics, scoring models and data sources you can use to evaluate warehouse equipment suppliers objectively, from PPM and OTIF to the Kraljic matrix, and how to derive a concrete action from the score.