Logistics and Fulfillment Services

Amiya K. Chakravarty
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Amiya K. Chakravarty: DM School of Business Northeastern University

Chapter 5 in Supply Chain Transformation, 2014, pp 129-162 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Logistics encompasses movement of goods and services, and all enabling functions such as warehousing, fleet management, transportation, and tracking. Goods are defined broadly to include commodities, components, finished products, people, information, documents, messages, and money. An oil company uses logistics to deliver gasoline; a television company uses logistics to transmit programs to customers; and a hotel uses logistics to provide food, bed, and entertainment to its guests. Thus, logistics is a necessity, irrespective of the industry. Logistics services may be owned by the user such as a manufacturer or they can be outsourced to 3rd party service providers (3PL). In a supply chain, it enables movements between its tiers: raw material to production, and products from production to consumers – through wholesalers and retailers. It is also responsible for moving waste to disposal, and the reverse flow for recycling and/or remanufacturing.

Keywords: Global Position System; Material Handling; Reverse Logistics; Transportation Mode; Customer Order (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-41911-9_5

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