This document discusses logistics and provides an overview of the logistics cycle. It defines logistics as referring to the system that transports goods, information, and resources according to customer needs. The logistics cycle involves major activities like serving customers, product selection, quantification, procurement, and inventory management. Quality monitoring occurs between each activity in the cycle and refers to the quality of both products and work. The document also outlines some advantages of logistics like increased efficiencies and lower costs, and disadvantages such as theft of goods.

1. St. Xavier’s College Of Management And Technology
Digha – Aashiyaana Road, Digha Ghat, Patna-800011, Bihar
NACC Accredited with B++Grade(1st cycle)
Subject:-Operation research & logistics
Topic:- Logistics
Under the guidance of:- presenter:- Abhinav Kumar
Fr. Sijo Mathew, SJ class:- BBA 2B
roll no:-74

2. Table of contents
• Introduction
• Logistics cycle
• Advantages of logistics
• Disadvantages of logistics
• Conclusion
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3. Introduction
• 'Logistics' originated from the word 'logistique' or 'loger' in French which mean
storage. Logistics in English refers to a system that transports goods, information
and resources from a place of origin to a destination according to customer's
needs
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4. Logistic cycle
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Major
activities
heart
Quality
monitoring

5. Major activities
• Serving customers
• Product selection
• Quantification
• Procurement
• Inventory management
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6. Heart of the logistics cycle
• Organization and staffing
• Budget
• Supervision
• Monitoring and evaluating
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7. Quality monitoring
• Quality monitoring appears between each activity of the logistic
cycle.
• Quality monitoring refers not only the quality of the product , but
also the quality of the work.
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8. Advantages of logistic
• Increased efficiencies,
• Lower costs,
• Better inventory control
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9. Disadvantages of logistics
• Theft of goods.
• Manual processes.
• Lack of shipment updates for end customers.
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10. Conclusion
• Logistics systems and transportation consist of
interdependent relationships that logistics management
requires transportation to perform its day to day activities
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11. REFERENCES
• HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/SEARCH?Q=LOGISTIC+DISADVANTAGES&RLZ (ON
15TH MAY)
• HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/SEARCH?Q=ADVANTAGES+OF+LOGISTICS&RLZ
(ON 15TH MAY)
• GLOBAL LOGISTICS BY NITIN JOHRI
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12. ANY QUESTION
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13. THANK
YOU
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