Logistics Management Basics

Logistics is the part of supply chain management that deals with the efficient forward and reverse flow of goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption according to the needs of customers.

Logistics management is a component that holds the supply chain together.

In military logistics, it is concerned with maintaining army supply lines with food, armaments, ammunitions, and spare parts apart from the transportation of troops themselves.

<p>Civil logistics deals with the acquisition, movement, and storage of raw materials, semi-finished goods, and finished goods.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Logistics deals with movements of materials or products from one facility to another; it does not deal with the material flow within the production or assembly plants.</p> Signup and view all the answers