logistics
n. 1. (Mil.) That branch of the military art which embraces the
details of moving and supplying armies. The meaning of the word
is by some writers extended to include strategy.
2. The planning and coordination of the movement of materials, and
other details of any large activity, such as a business or a political
campaign.
3. (Math.) A system of arithmetic, in which numbers are expressed
in a scale of 60; logistic arithmetic.
Noun 1. logistics - handling an operation that involves providing
labor and materials be supplied as needed
In military and business, logistics experts manage how and when
to move resources to the places they are needed. In military science,
maintaining ones supply lines while disrupting those of the enemy
is a crucial, and some would say the most crucial element, of military
strategy.
There are two basically different forms of logistics. One optimizes
a steady flow of material through a network of transportation links
and storage nodes. The other coordinates a sequence of resources
to carry out some project.
Logistic FlowSteady-state flow systems are usually optimized for
one of several goals: avoid shortages of the object (in military
systems, especially for fuel and ammunition), minimize transportation
cost, minimum time to obtain an object, or minimum total storage
(time and amount) of objects (to minimize the interest losses of
in-storage inventory). Logistic flow is particularly important in
just in time manufacturing in which great emphasis is placed on
minimizing inventory.
A recent trend in large distribution chains is to assign these goals
to individual stock items, rather than optimizing the entire system
for one goal. This is possible because the plans usually describe
stock amounts to be stored at particular locations, and these vary
depending on the strategy.
The basic method of optimizing a steady-state distribution system
is to use a minimum spanning tree to characterize the transport
network, and then place storage locations at the nodes, sized to
handle the minimum, average, or maximum demand of items.
Logistics: Quite often, the demand
is limited by the transportation capacity out of the node's storage
location. When the transportation out of a storage node exceeds
its storage or incoming capacity, the storage is useful only to
even out the amount of transportation per unit of time, to reduce
peak loads on the transportation system.
Project LogisticsProject logistics experts discover the sequence
in which a project will use particular resources. They then arrange
to send the resources so that they will arrive when needed. Generally,
these plans use critical path analysis.
Many haulage organisations in Europe include the word "logistics"
in their company name. The largest privately owned British haulage
company is Eddie Stobart Ltd, who has a large fan base of 'Eddie
Spotters'.
See alsocommercial vehicle operations
containerization
distribution
food distribution
intelligent transportation system
logistics automation
marketing
materiel
pallet
supply chain management
traffic
transport
warehouse
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