Logistics
Logistics is the part of the supply chain process that efficiently plans, implements and controls the storage of a certain product or products, the distribution flow, the reverse flow, services and information from the point of origin to the point of consumption In order to reach the level of service desired by the final consumer, it is a chain of processes and actions carried out effectively successively or in synchronism, from the development of a product and
supported by a precise system of controls and a flow of information, in order to minimize deadlines and wasted resources and satisfy the needs and aspirations of investors, customers and, above all, suppliers.
Logistics is the process of strategically managing the acquisition, handling and storage of materials, parts and finished products and information flows through the organization and its marketing channels, in order to maximize present and future profitability through service from low-cost orders, business logistics is the process of planning, implementing and controlling the efficient and low-cost flow and storage of raw materials, in-process stock, finished product and related information, from the point of consumption, in order to meet the customer's requirements, business logistics is divided into two areas, which I will put below:
-Materials Administration, which corresponds to the set of associated operations
to the flow of materials and information, from the source of raw materials to the input
at the factory where it is best prepared until it reaches the customer's hands.
-Physical distribution that corresponds to the set of operations of goods and associated information, from the place of their production to the place that was designated
at the destination, ensuring that the goods arrive at the destination in good commercial conditions, with the advent of just in time in the production planning processes of companies, the concern with the reduction of stocks was raised, while growing the concern with the increase in the frequency of transport, given the reduction of batches of certain goods, in some sectors within the company, the logistics processes represent between 30 and 40 percent of the chain
value of products, to better understand the importance of logistics, which is
It is important for us to evaluate the concept of the value chain, this competitive advantage,
it cannot be understood by looking at the organization as a whole.
It derives from many activities that the company performs discreetly.
designing, producing, marketing, delivering and supporting your product and a
A company gains a competitive advantage by performing these activities strategically and importantly more cost-effectively or better than its competitors.