Editing Logistics engineering (section)

===Fields and topics===

The various fields and topics that logistics engineers are involved with include:

*[[Customer service]]: provision of services to customers before, during and after a purchase
*[[Purchasing]]: acquiring goods or services to accomplish its goals
*[[Outsourcing|Sourcing]]: procurement practices, aimed at finding, evaluating and engaging suppliers for acquiring goods and services
*[[Demand forecasting]]: the art and science of forecasting customer demand to drive holistic execution of such demand by corporate supply chain and business management
*[[Optimal facility location|Facility location]]: the optimal placement of facilities to minimize transportation costs while considering factors like avoiding placing hazardous materials near housing, and competitors' facilities
*Layout Design
*[[Inventory control]]: the activity of checking a shop's stock
*[[Material handling]]: short-distance movement within the confines of a building or between a building and a transportation vehicle
*[[Warehousing]]
*Distribution system design
*[[Reliability engineering]]: sub-discipline of systems engineering that emphasizes dependability in the lifecycle management of a product
*[[Reverse logistics]]: the process of moving goods from their typical final destination for the purpose of capturing value, or proper disposal
*[[Green logistics]]: attempts to measure and minimize the ecological impact of logistics activities
*[[Intermodal freight transport|Intermodal transport]]
*Supportability analysis