DEFINITION Philip Kotler‚” Logistics is defined as planning‚ implementing and controlling the physical flow of materials from the point of origin to the point of use‚ to meet customer needs at a profit.” Source Philip Kotler‚Marketing management pearson education According to American Marketing Association‚ logistics may be defined as‚ “the management of all activities which facilitates movement and the coordination of
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1. Supply chain management consists of firm collaborating to leverage strategic positioning and to improve operating efficiency. Within a firm’s supply chain mgt‚ logistic is the work required to move and geographically position inventory. The supply chain mgt is driving the world’s major global companies. Ten years ago‚ the typical supply chain for manufacturing companies was domestic. Today-thanks to the migration of manufacturing to China and other lower-cost countries-it’s just as likely to
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5. Today is a king in disguise. • Direct Objective Appositive. 1. Christmas Eve afternoon we scrape together a nickel and go to the butcher’s to buy Queenie’s traditional gift‚ a good gnaw able beef bone. 2. The Otis Elevator Company‚ the world’s oldest and biggest elevator manufacturer‚ claims that its products carry the equivalent of the world’s population every five days. 3. Though her cheeks were high-colored and her teeth strong and yellow‚ she looked
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Abstract The rapid development of global commerce has drove logistics to reduce products lifecycles‚ increase response and action efficiency and optimize investments of inventory for current businesses. Therefore‚ logistics plays a pivotal role in nowadays commerce. The objective of the report is to discuss and evaluate the existing logistics theories. Whereas‚ DHL will be selected as a case study so as to get a further understanding on logistics according to the analysis result. Introduction As with
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information technology COSCO noticed the importance of information technology among global shipping and modern logistics‚ so it used lots of time and money in research and development of IT. COSCO Network Ltd. of COSCO Group provided software development‚ e-commerce services‚ data center management‚ etc. hence to become an international first class high tech enterprise in Chinas shipping and logistics industries. Company size COSCO owns and controls over 800 modern merchant vessels with a total tonnage of
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-LOGİSTİCS- -Definition of Logistics: Logistics is the management of the flow of resources between the point of origin and the point of destination in order to meet some requirements‚ for example of customers or corporations.The resources managed in logistics can include physical items such as food‚ meterials‚ equipment‚liquids‚ and staff as well as abstract items such as information‚particles‚ and energy. The logistics of pyhsical items usually involves the integration of information flow
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Logistics is the management of the flow of resources between the point of origin and the point of destination in order to meet some requirements‚ for example‚ of customers or corporations. The resources managed in logistics can include physical items‚ such as food‚ materials‚ equipment‚ liquids‚ and staff‚ as well as abstract items‚ such as information‚ particles‚ and energy. The logistics of physical items usually involves the integration of information flow‚ production‚ material handling‚ packaging
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Part A Question 1 The four primary logistic activities are: 1. Transportation A key logistics activity is to actually provide for the movement of materials and goods from point of origin to point of consumption‚ and perhaps to its ultimate point of disposal as well. Transportation involves selection of the mode (e.g.‚ air‚ rail‚ water‚ truck‚ or pipeline)‚ the routing of the shipment‚ assuring of compliance with regulations in the region of the country where shipment is occurring‚ and selection
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Logistics process Definition of logistics Logistics is a function that is flexible and changes according to the various constraints and demands imposed upon it. Logistics is - Supply + Materials Management + Distribution and logistics is basically the overall management of distributions and supply. There are many different transport methods including- * Air- This is used to deliver goods fast and also internationally. * Water- This can be used to transport goods slower. Sometimes unreliable
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PT. SEA LOG South East Asia Logistics Head Office: WTC Mangga Dua Lt. UG Blok. D No. 99 - 100 Jakarta Utara Telephone: +62 21 - 91943864 Fax: +62 21 - 30017831 Email: marketing@sea-log.com& cs_jkt@sea-log.com Website: www.sea-log.com ____________________________________________________________ __________________________ _ PT.SEALOG -“Connecting Islands‚ Connecting desires” The term “logistics” originates from the ancient Greek “λόγος” (“logos”—“ratio‚ word‚calculation‚ reason‚ speech
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