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What is Logistics
1.
Logistics
is the whole process of managing resource acquisition, storage and transportation to the final destination.
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2.
Includes the integrated planning, control, realization, and monitoring of all internal and network-wide material, part, and product flow, including the necessary information flow.
Learn more in: Reverse Logistics: Automobile Recalls and Other Conditions
3.
A broad range of activities and has many vague descriptions, for example service, business, inventory, functional management, etc.
Learn more in: Supply Chain Integration, Collaboration, and Coordination
4.
A network of services for exchanging and trading goods physically across borders and moving them within borders
Learn more in: The Concept of Logistics Performance in International Trade Framework: An Empirical Evaluation of Logistics Performance Index
5.
That part of SCM responsible for moving materials, funds, information, and services from the point of origin to the point of consumption.
Learn more in: The Role of Electronic Supply Chains and ERP Systems in the Realm of E-Commerce
6.
Logistics
is one of the most vital functions of the economy and is a service activity which aims to manage the flow of materials by making available and managing resources corresponding to needs, to economic conditions and for a determined quality of service, under satisfactory safety and security conditions.
Learn more in: Investigating the Viability of Implementing Electric Freight Vehicles in Morocco: Using an Integrated SWOT PESTEL Analysis in Combination With Analytic Hierarchy Process
7.
That part of SCM responsible for moving materials, funds, information, and services from the point of origin to the point of consumption.
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8.
The creation, management and control of physical, financial and information connections between nodes and links that goods or services travel from raw material stage to the final consumption stage or right backwards.
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9.
Set of activities related to top-level management decisions regarding strategic planning of supply chain issues, defining its strategic effective positioning.
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10.
The process of acquiring, storing, and transporting materials to their ultimate destination.
Learn more in: Supply Chain Logistics Risk Mitigation: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
11.
A subset of the supply chain responsible for planning and executing transportation and storage of goods from one point to another.
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12.
According to the Council of
Logistics
Management,
logistics
is “...the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services and related information from point of origin to point of consumption for the purpose of conforming to customer requirements.”
Learn more in: Supply Chain Integration in Construction Industry
13.
A management of material and technical supplies.
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14.
It deals with managing and controlling the flow of goods from the source of the production to the marketplace.
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15.
The planning and managing of all activities related to the storage and movement of physical goods between origin and consumption.
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16.
Moving goods along the value chain implies two flows: goods and information. A logistic approach to the value chain involves an optimisation process, deciding on how to make production – i.e., a protocol of information exchange and physical transport.
Learn more in: Customer-Oriented Global Supply Chains: Port Logistics in the Era of Globalization and Digitization
17.
Logistics
is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers.
Learn more in: An Overview of Fruits and Vegetables' Retail Supply Chain Models in India
18.
That part of SCM responsible for moving materials, funds, information, and services from the point of origin to the point of consumption.
Learn more in: E-Business Supply Chains Drivers, Metrics, and ERP Integration
19.
It is the general management of how resources are acquired, stored and transported to their final destination.
Learn more in: Optimal Strategy Selection in a Supply Chain
20.
This is the routing network for transportation of FFB in the estates.
Logistics
is the management of the flow of FFB between the estate and the mill in order to meet.
Learn more in: Lean Logistics of the Transportation of Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) in the Palm Oil Industry
21.
The planning, execution, and control of the procurement, movement, and stationing of personnel, material, and other resources to achieve the objectives of a campaign, plan, project, or strategy.
Learn more in: Fostering Supply Chain Management in Global Business
22.
Ensemble of the activities which govern the flow of material and of information to these associated.
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23.
The movement and management of goods and services. It includes transportation, warehousing, and inventory management.
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24.
Planning, execution, and control of the procurement, movement, and stationing of personnel, material, and other resources to achieve the objectives of a campaign, plan, project, or strategy.
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25.
This is the routing network for transportation of FFB in the estates.
Logistics
is the management of the flow of FFB between the estate and the mill in order to meet.
Learn more in: Lean Logistics of the Transportation of Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) in the Palm Oil Industry
26.
Logistics
management council defines
logistics
as part of the supply chain operation that plans, implements and controls the flow of relevant information and storage of good services efficiently between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet the needs of customers.
Learn more in: Supplier Selection in Food Industry Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Method
27.
It is the service of planning, implementing and supervising all kinds of products, services and information flow from the exit point to the destination in an efficient and productive way to meet the needs of the people. The productivity in
logistics
service depends on the right product reaching the right customer at the right amount, in the right conditions, at the right place, at the right time, at the right cost.
Learn more in: A Digital Transformation in International Transport and Logistics: Blockchain
28.
The process of planning and executing the efficient transportation and storage of goods from the point of origin to the point of consumption.
Learn more in: Blockchain for Agri-Food Supply Chain and Logistics Management
29.
The process of acquiring, warehousing, and transportation of materials from source to the user.
Learn more in: The Impact of Strategic Orientation and Reverse Logistics Capabilities on Organizational Performance
30.
Is the management of the flow of resources between origin and destination, satisfying requirements of production, handling, packaging, inventory, transportation, etc.
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