Linie-Back-Prinzip
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In brief
The line-back principle describes a material supply logic in which replenishment is provided along a production line on a takt-controlled basis and empty load carriers are returned via the same or a parallel route.
What is the line-back principle?
The line-back principle is a concept in production-adjacent intralogistics. It describes a cycle in which material is transported from a central staging point — such as a line-side supermarket or a central warehouse — to the individual point-of-use locations along the production line. At the same time, empty load carriers, containers or pallets are collected on the return journey. The term therefore emphasizes not only the direction of supply toward the line, but explicitly also the return flow — the "back"