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Overview of Logistics Management

Logistics is the management of the flow of resources between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet customer needs. It involves integrating information, material handling, production, packaging, inventory, transportation, warehousing, and security. In the military, logistics maintains supply lines and disrupts the enemy's lines. Business logistics focuses on efficiently moving goods through the supply chain. Configuring and managing warehouses is a central concern for both business and military logistics.

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Overview of Logistics Management

Logistics is the management of the flow of resources between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet customer needs. It involves integrating information, material handling, production, packaging, inventory, transportation, warehousing, and security. In the military, logistics maintains supply lines and disrupts the enemy's lines. Business logistics focuses on efficiently moving goods through the supply chain. Configuring and managing warehouses is a central concern for both business and military logistics.

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9/15/2020 Logistics - Wikipedia

Logistics
Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a
general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and
the point of consumption to meet the requirements of customers or corporations. The resources
managed in logistics may include tangible goods such as materials, equipment, and supplies, as well as
food and other consumable items. The logistics of physical items usually involves the integration of
information flow, materials handling, production, packaging, inventory, transportation, warehousing,
and often security.

In military science, logistics is concerned with maintaining army supply lines while disrupting those of
the enemy, since an armed force without resources and transportation is defenseless. Military logistics
was already practiced in the ancient world and as the modern military has a significant need for logistics
solutions, advanced implementations have been developed. In military logistics, logistics officers
manage how and when to move resources to the places they are needed.

Logistics management is the part of supply chain management and supply chain engineering that plans,
implements, and controls the efficient, effective forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services,
and related information between the point of origin and point of consumption to meet customer's
requirements. The complexity of logistics can be modeled, analyzed, visualized, and optimized by
dedicated simulation software. The minimization of the use of resources is a common motivation in all
logistics fields. A professional working in the field of logistics management is called a logistician.

Contents
Nomenclature
Definition
Logistics activities and fields
Military logistics
Business logistics
Nodes of a distribution network
Logistic families and metrics
Handling and order processing
Transportation
Configuration and management
Warehouse management system
and control Configuring and managing warehouses is a central concern for
Logistics outsourcing both business logistics and military logistics.
Horizontal alliances between
logistics service providers
Logistics automation
Logistics: profession and
organizations
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