Logistics involves planning, organizing, and managing operations to provide goods and services. This includes inventory management, procurement, transportation, warehousing, and maintenance. Key logistic services include transportation, warehousing, order picking, and reverse logistics. Effective logistics requires planning transport based on the weight, size, value, and destination of goods while considering infrastructure and security. Documentation such as commercial invoices and certificates of origin are also important aspects of logistics.

1. Definition of logistics: to
plan, organize, and manage
operations such as provide
services and goods including
warehousing, inventory,
procurement, transport,
supply and maintenance
LOGISTICS
Introduction to logistics Modes of transport
Logistic services
Inventory management and
procurement
Shipping goods
Warehousing and storage
Documentation and finance
Logistic services
• Transshipment
• Cross-docking
• Order picking
• Reverse logistics
• Break-bulk
• Warehousing
• Collections
Handling equipments
• Grappler lift,
• Container ship
• River barge,
• Swap body,
• LGV
• Road railer trailer
Delivery
goods
Receiving
Goods:
Cost, date,
serial
number
Distribution
Warehouse
Manufacturing
Shipment
Types of freight traffic
• Multimodal
• Piggy back
• Intermodal
• Unaccompanied
• Block-train
• Single wagon
Types of containers
• Reefer
• Tank container
• General purpose
• Flat-rack container
• Open top cotainer
Planning and
arranging transport Weight
Value
Types of goods Size
Destination
Infrastructure
Dimensions
Security
• Marking
• Loading
• Advice of shipment
• Shipping instructions
Order picking area
Receiving area
Warehouse area
Marshalling and
dispatch
Collation and value-
added services
Sortation area
Back-up storage
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List of documents used in
foreign trade
• Commercial invoice
• Certificate of origin
• Packing list
• Air waybill
• Consular invoice
• Pro forma invoice