Logistics Basics for Purchasing and Supply Professionals

Topics:
Inventory Management,
Logistics Planning,
Warehousing and Storage
Tags:
Business Operations,
Logistics,
Supply Chain
Source:
Pennsylvania State University

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Overview: This paper is intended to help purchasing and supply professionals understand logistics processes; logistics' role in supply management, the management of tradeoffs among these processes, and balancing logistics priorities. Logistics Processes. Four decision areas that are common to logistics in most organizations are transportation, inventory control, warehousing, and customer service. While each of these topics has its own issues, effective logistics decisions are a blend that optimizes transportation, inventory control, warehousing, and customer service. Effective management of these four decision areas can contribute to competitive advantage by contributing to organizational cost advantage, providing superior responsiveness to customers, or both.

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Format: PDF | Size: 29KB | Date: Dec 2002 | Pages: 5

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