Logistics is the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the movement of goods and services from one location to another. It involves coordinating various activities such as transportation, warehousing, inventory management, and information management to ensure that goods are delivered efficiently, effectively, and on time.
Effective logistics management is crucial for businesses to succeed in today's highly competitive global marketplace. It plays a critical role in ensuring that goods and services reach customers in a timely and cost-effective manner, which can help to improve customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Logistics also helps businesses to optimize their supply chain, which can help to reduce costs and improve overall efficiency. By carefully managing inventory levels and delivery schedules, businesses can ensure that they have the right products at the right time, which can help to reduce waste and minimize the risk of stockouts.
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1. LOGISTICS
S U B M I T T E D T O :
P R O F . M . P . S I N G H
S U B M I T T E D B Y :
M O H D . A F A Q U E I S R A F I L
2. LOGISTICS
DEFINED
Logistics means having the right thing, at the
right place, at the right time
The procurement, maintenance, distribution
and replacement of personnel and materials
- Webster's Dictionary
The science of planning, organizing and
managing activities that provide goods or
services Logistics World, 1997
3. ✓Right product
✓Right quantity
✓ Right condition
✓ Right Place
✓Right time
✓Right customer
✓ Right cost
SEVEN R'S
ENSURING THE AVAILABILITY OF
THE
4. LOGISTICS
FUNCTIONS: PLANNING, PROCUREMENT,
TRANSPORTATION, SUPPLY AND MAINTENANCE
PROCESSES: REQUIREMENTS DETERMINATION, ACQUISITION,
DISTRIBUTION AND CONSERVATION
BUSINESS: SCIENCE OF PLANNING, DESIGN AND SUPPORT OF
BUSINESS OPERATIONS OF PROCUREMENT, PURCHASING,
INVENTORY, WAREHOUSING, DISTRIBUTION, TRANSPORTATION,
CUSTOMER SUPPORT, FINANCIAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES
5. MAJOR FUNCTIONS OF
WORK
ORDER PROCESSING
INVENTORY
TRANSPORTATION
WAREHOUSING, MATERIALS
HANDLING, AND PACKAGING
INTEGRATED THROUGH A
NETWORK OF FACILITIES
* EG. WAREHOUSES AND
DISTRIBUTION CENTERS
6. SERVICE BENEFITS ARE
CREATED BY LOGISTICAL
PERFORMANCE IN 3 AREAS
Availability involves having inventory to
consistently meet customer material or product
requirements
Operational performance deals with the time
required to deliver a customer's order
Service reliability involves the quality attributes
of logistics
7. Choice of markets
Plant location and layout
Inventory management
Location and management of warehouses
Choices of carriers, mode of transport
Packaging decisions
Relevant to all enterprises manufacturing, Government,
Institutions, service organisations
SCOPE OF LOGISTICS
8. Transportation
Procurement
Warehousing and storage
Customer service
Industrial packaging
planning/scheduling
Materials handling
Facility location
LOGISTICS ACTIVITIES
Inventory control
Return goods handling
Order fulfillment
Parts and service support
Demand forecasting
Salvage and scrap
disposal
Production.
12. INBOUND LOGISTICS
SOURCING AND VENDOR SELECTION FOR SUPPLY OF RAW MATERIALS AND
MANUFACTURING PARTS
INBOUND PLANNING TRANSPORTATION AND PROCUREMENT
RAW MATERIALS WAREHOUSING CONSOLIDATION WAREHOUSING INCLUDING
MANAGEMENT OF INVENTORY
INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR EFFECTIVE SUPPORT STRATEGIC ALLIANCES WITH THE
SUPPLIES AND TRANSPORTERS
13. INTERNAL LOGISTICS
CAPACITY PLANNING OPERATIONAL PLANNING PRODUCTION PLANNING
MATERIALS REQUIREMENT PLANNING
SHOP FLOOR CONTROL
MANAGEMENT OF IN-PROCESS INVENTORY
SUPPORTING MATERIAL HANDLING FACILITIES PLANNING AND THEIR DEPLOYMENT ETC
15. OUTBOUND LOGISTICS
SYSTEM IS CONCERNED WITH THE FLOW OF FINISHED PRODUCTS FROM FACTORY
WAREHOUSE TO THE CUSTOMERS THROUGH A DISTRIBUTION NETWORK COMPRISING:
THE WHOLESALERS
DISTRIBUTORS
SALES ORDER PROCESSING
SALES RETURN PROCESSING
RETAILERS
ACCOUNTS
RECEIVABLE
REGIONAL WAREHOUSES
REALIZATION AND
TRANSPORTERS
THE INVENTORY AT ALL LEVELS
CUSTOMERS TO THE FACTORY
COUNT FLOW OF
INFORMATION FROM THE CUSTOMER TO FACTORY
27. CONCLUSION
LOGISTICS SYSTEMS AND TRANSPORTATION CONSIST OF
INTERDEPENDENT RELATIONSHIPS THAT LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
REQUIRES TRANSPORTATION TO PERFORM ITS DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES
AND MEANWHILE, A GOOD LOGISTICS SYSTEM CAN EFFICIENTLY
IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ANDTRAFFIC
ENVIRONMENT. SINCE TRANSPORTATION CONTRIBUTE THE HIGHEST
COST AMONG THE RELATED ELEMENTS IN LOGISTICS SYSTEMS, THE
IMPROVEMENT OF TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY CAN CHANGE THE OVERALL
PERFORMANCE OF A LOGISTICS SYSTEM. TRANSPORTATION PLAYS AN
IMPORTANT ROLE IN LOGISTICS SYSTEM AND ITS ACTIVITIES APPEAR IN
VARIOUS SECTIONS OF LOGISTICS PROCESSES. WITHOUT THE LINKING
OF TRANSPORTATION, A POWERFUL LOGISTICS STRATEGY CANNOT
BRING ITS CAPACITY INTO FULL PLAY.