Alternate Definitions of Business Logistics and the Logistics Mission

1
INTRODUCTION

• Alternate Definitions of Business Logistics
  and the Logistics Mission
• The Activities and their Type of Utility
• Logistics Competencies and Integration Hierarchy
• Logistics Relevance and History.

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DEFINTIONS AND MISSION

• Business Logistics Functional Definition
• Business Logistics Managerial Definition
• The Logistics Mission Service and Cost
• Activity Domains Flow of Material, Work in
  Process, Physical Distribution

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ACTIVITIES AND TYPE OF UTILITY

• Utilities of Form, Time, Place, Possession
• Primary Activities Information management,
  Transportation, Inventory Management
• Secondary Activities Warehousing, Material
  handling, Packaging.
• Transportation-- Utility of Place
• Inventory-- Utility of Time

4
INTEGRATION HIERARCHY

• Strategic Positioning
• Competencies
• Performance Cycles
• Function
• Basic Work

5
LOGISTICS EVOLUTION AND RELEVANCE

• Historical Perspective
• Share in GNP
• Channel Dimensions
• Logistics Renaissance