Logistics vocabulary defines key terms used in supply chain management. It describes the functions involved in moving a product from the supplier to the manufacturer, then to the distributor and retailer, before reaching the final consumer. The main functions covered are procurement, production, transport, warehousing, stock control, and distribution. Each function involves different processes aimed at getting the right products to customers efficiently.

1. LOGISTICS VOCABULARY
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2. SUPPLY CHAIN
Retailer Wholesaler Shopper
Supplier Manufacturer Distributor
TRANSPORT
TRANNSPORT

3. Supplier/ Providers
Purchase
Receiving orders
Payments
Status provider
Purchase order
Manufacturer
Production process
Component assembly
Distributor Retailer
stores retail or retail whose
target.
audience to the final consumer.
Quantity
Place
Backhauling
Common carrier
Centralized dispatching
Lead time

4. Wholesaler
Manufacturer buys large.
Quantities of a product to sell
to shops.
Shopper
Production
Distribution
Provider
Final consumer
Reverse Logistic

5. FUNCTIONS

6. PROCUREMENT FUNCTION
Purchasing management
Price
Delivery
After-sales services
Inventory management
Production
Orders
Arrange the store

7. PRODUCTION OR FABRICATION FUNCTION
Our own make
Home-produced
Home-made
Short term
Long term
costs
Raw material

8. TRANSPORT FUNCTION
Reverse logistics
Aquatic
Air
Road or railway

9. WAREHOUSE FUNCTION
Picking
Packing
Cross-Docking
kitting

10. STOCK CONTROL FUNCTION
Gap store
Shared space
Inventory
Just in time

11. DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
Quantity
Place
Backhauling
Common carrier
Centralized dispatching
Lead time