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Marc Goetschalckx ()
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Marc Goetschalckx: Georgia Institute of Technology

Chapter Chapter 1 in Supply Chain Engineering, 2011, pp 1-14 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Logistics is concerned with the organization, movement, and storage of material and people. The term logistics was first used by the military to describe activities associated with maintaining a fighting force in the field and, in its narrowest sense, describes the housing of troops. The term gradually spread to cover business and service activities. There exist a multitude of formal definitions. The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP CSCMP ), formerly known as the Council of Logistics Management (CLM CLM ), is a large trade association in the United States that promotes the practice and education of logistics. Their definitions are probably the most widely used.

Keywords: Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Logistics Management; Enterprise Resource Planning; Enterprise Resource Planning System (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6512-7_1

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