Editing Logistics (section)

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[[File: Warehouse in New Jersey where trucks deliver granite slabs.jpg|thumb|A [[warehouse]] in [[South Jersey]], a U.S. [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast epicenter]] for logistics and warehouse construction outside [[Philadelphia]], where trucks deliver slabs of [[granite]]<ref name=SouthJerseyEastCoastLogisticsEpicenter>{{cite web|url=https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2021/05/warehouses-sprawl-northern-nj-central-nj-newmark-reports-greenfields/amp/|title=Report details surge in warehouse construction…|author=Jon Hurdle|work=NJ Spotlight News |date=May 13, 2021|access-date=January 3, 2023|quote=In South Jersey, the area has become the “epicenter” of warehouse construction in the greater Philadelphia region..‘Activity in the Southern New Jersey industrial market continues to amaze,’ the report said.}}</ref>]]
'''Logistics''' is the part of [[supply chain management]] that deals with the efficient forward and reverse flow of goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the [[Consumption (economics)|point of consumption]] according to the needs of customers.<ref name="Ghiani 2004">{{cite book |last1=Ghiani |first1=Gianpaolo |last2=Laporte |first2=Gilbert |last3=Musmanno |first3=Roberto |title=Introduction to Logistics Systems Planning and Control |date=2004 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=9780470849170 |page=1, 5, 10–15|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KudTAAAAMAAJ |access-date=8 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="Kozlenkovam2015"/> Logistics management is a component that holds the [[supply chain]] together.<ref name="Kozlenkovam2015">{{Cite journal |last1=Kozlenkova |first1=Irina V. |last2=Hult |first2=G. Tomas M. |last3=Lund |first3=Donald J. |last4=Mena |first4=Jeannette A. |last5=Kekec |first5=Pinar |date=December 2015 |title=The Role of Marketing Channels in Supply Chain Management |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S002243591500024X |journal=Journal of Retailing |language=en |volume=91 |issue=4 |pages=586–609 |doi=10.1016/j.jretai.2015.03.003|quote= Logistics refers to “that part of supply chain management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective forward and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet customers’ requirements”|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The resources managed in logistics may include tangible goods such as materials, equipment, and supplies, as well as food and other edible items.

In [[military logistics]], it is concerned with maintaining army supply lines with food, armaments, ammunition, and spare parts apart from the transportation of troops themselves. Meanwhile, civil logistics deals with acquiring, moving, and storing raw materials, semi-finished goods, and finished goods. For organisations that provide [[Waste collection|garbage collection]], mail deliveries, [[Public utility|public utilities]], and after-sales services, logistical problems must be addressed.<ref name="Ghiani 2004"/>

Logistics deals with the movements of materials or products from one facility to another; it does not include material flow within the production or assembly plants, such as [[production planning]] or [[single-machine scheduling]].<ref name="Ghiani 2004"/> Logistics occupies a significant amount of the operational cost of an organisation or country. Logistical costs of organizations in the [[United States]] incurred about 11% of the United States national [[gross domestic product]] (GDP) as of 1997. In the [[European Union]], logistics costs were 8.8% to 11.5% of GDP as of 1993.<ref name="Ghiani 2004"/>

Dedicated [[simulation software]] can model, analyze, visualize, and optimize logistics' complexity. Minimizing resource use is a common motivation in all logistics fields. A professional working in logistics management is called a logistician.