Basic Definitions

• Marketing Logistics
• Logistics Engineering
• Industrial Logistics
• Business Logistics
• Logistics Management
• Integrated Logistics Management
• Logistics pipeline Management

What kinds of organizations employ logistics managers?

Business Logistics Scope Of Activities

• Transportation
• Storage
• Packaging
• Materials Handling
• Order Processing
• Forecasting
• Operation Planning
• Purchasing
• Customer Service
• Site Location
• Other Activities

Major Tasks for the Logistics Manager

Opportunity assessment

• Diagnostic review
• Pre-study for identifying inefficiencies and opportunities

Logistics infrastructure design and action plan

• Exploring the link between overall strategy and logistics
• Creating the strategic logistics vision
• Evaluating selected options
• Develop a logistics strategy

Operational capability improvement

• Logistics Process Redesign and Cont. improvement
• Creating faster and more reliable processes
• Improve flexibility in production and distribution

Product flow synchronization

• Synchronized production
• Continuous replenishment
• Integrated suppliers
• Automated ordering
• Capacity management
• Integrated and coordinated decision making

Organizational issues

• Inter-organizational processes
• Internal logistics processes
• Work processes

Flow Analysis

To understand the physical flow of goods
• Where is the capital tied-up
• How long - coverage in days or weeks
• Why is it there - functions

Basic Techniques

Demand Analysis

• Forecasting
• Forecast error

Inventory Control

• Economic Order Quantity
• Safety stock
• ABC-analysis

Operation Planning & Control (And Warehousing)

• Capacity planning
• Scheduling
• Lay-out planning
• Line balancing techniques

Transportation

• Location models
• Routing
• Scheduling

Handling Major Business Logistics Problems and Inefficiencies

• Long lead-times
• Lead-time variations
• Long and uncertain throughput time
• Excess inventories
• Obsolete materials
• Many slow-movers
• Poor service levels
• Communication and coordination among players (functions, organizations)
• Poor control
• Poor forecasts
• High costs