Supply Chain Management: A Global Perspective by Sanders Nada R

Author:Sanders, Nada R....
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-10-30T13:44:20.369000+00:00

CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS

Logistics is the business function responsible for transporting and delivering products to the right place at the right time throughout the supply chain.

There are three different types of logistics: business logistics, which is focused on the movement and storage of goods throughout the entire supply chain; military logistics, which is focused on supporting military needs, and event logistics, which involves organizing and deploying resources in preparation for an event.

Logistics impacts the organization on both the inbound and outbound side. On the inbound side it ensures that materials needed for operations are delivered when required. On the outbound side it ensures delivery of products to various customers when needed.

Logistics is a function that supports supply chain management by being responsible for the flow of products. It provides SCM with three utilities: place, quantity, and time.

Logistics tasks include: transportation, storage, material handling, packaging, inventory control, order fulfilment, and facility layout.

Reverse logistics is the process of moving products upstream from the customer back toward manufacturers and suppliers.

Transportation is the primary function of logistics that enables logistics to provide place utility. There are five primary modes of transportation: truck, water, air, rail, and pipeline.

Cross-docking is a warehouse sorting approach used to reconfigure bundles of product, where rather than making larger shipments, larger shipments are broken down into small shipments for local delivery in an area.

Factor Rating is one tool that can be used to make location decisions.

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