Logistics - (business definition) Logistics is defined as a
business planning framework for the management of material, service,
information and capital flows. It includes the increasingly complex
information, communication and control systems required in today's business
environment. --
(Logistix Partners Oy,
Helsinki, FI, 1996)
Logistics - (military definition) The
science of planning and carrying out the movement and maintenance of
forces.... those aspects of military operations that deal with the design and
development, acquisition, storage, movement, distribution, maintenance,
evacuation and disposition of material; movement, evacuation, and
hospitalization of personnel; acquisition of construction, maintenance,
operation and disposition of facilities; and acquisition of furnishing of
services. -- (JCS Pub 1-02 excerpt)
Logistics - The procurement, maintenance,
distribution, and replacement of personnel and materiel. --
(Websters Dictionary)
Logistics - 1. The branch of military
operations that deals with the procurement, distribution, maintenance, and
replacement of materiel and personnel. 2. The management of the details of an
operation.
[French logistiques, from logistique, logic (perhaps influenced
by loger, to quarter), from Medieval Latin logisticus, of calculation.] --
(American Heritage Dictionary)
Logistics - ...the process of planning,
implementing, and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of
goods, services, and related information from point of origin to point of
consumption for the purpose of conforming to customer requirements." Note that
this definition includes inbound, outbound, internal, and external movements,
and return of materials for environmental purposes. --
(Reference: Council of Logistics Management,
http://www.clm1.org/mission.html, 12 Feb 98)
Logistics - The process of planning,
implementing, and controlling the efficient, cost effective flow and storage
of raw materials, in-process inventory, finished goods and related information
from point of origin to point of consumption for the purpose of meeting
customer requirements. -- (Reference: Canadian
Association of Logistics Management,
http://www.calm.org/calm/AboutCALM/AboutCALM.html , 12 Feb, 1998)
Logistics - The science of planning,
organizing and managing activities that provide goods or services. --
(MDC, LogLink / LogisticsWorld, 1997)
Logistics - Logistics is the science of
planning and implementing the acquisition and use of the resources necessary
to sustain the operation of a system. --
(Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics Agency
Included with permission from: HUM - The Government Computer Magazine
"Integrated Logistics" December 1993, Walter Cooke, Included with permission
from: HUM - The Government Computer Magazine.)
Logist - To perform logistics functions or
processes. The act of planning, organizing and managing activities that
provide goods or services. (The verb "to logist." Eg. She logisted the last
operation. I will logist the next operation. I am logisting the current
operation. We logist the operations. The operations are well logisted.) --
(MDC, LogLink / LogisticsWorld, 1997)
Logistic - Of or pertaining to logistics. --
(MDC, LogLink / LogisticsWorld, 1997)
Logistical - Of or pertaining to logistics,
logistics-like. -- (MDC, LogLink /
LogisticsWorld, 1997)
Logistics Functions - (classical)
planning, procurement, transportation, supply, and maintenance. --
(United States Department of Defense
DOD)
Logistics Processes - (classical)
requirements determination, acquisition, distribution, and conservation. --
(United States Department of Defense
DOD)
Business Logistics - The science of
planning, design, and support of business operations of procurement,
purchasing, inventory, warehousing, distribution, transportation, customer
support, financial and human resources. --
(MDC, LogLink / LogisticsWorld, 1997)
Cradle-to-Grave - Logistics planning,
design, and support which takes in to account logistics support throughout the
entire system or product life cycle. --
(MDC,
LogLink / LogisticsWorld, 1997)
Acquisition Logistics - Acquisition
Logistics is everything involved in acquiring logistics support equipment and
personnel for a new weapons system. The formal definition is "the process of
systematically identifying, defining, designing, developing, producing,
acquiring, delivering, installing, and upgrading logistics support capability
requirements through the acquisition process for Air Force systems,
subsystems, and equipment. -- (Reference: Air
Force Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Acquisition and
Logistics.)
Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) (1) - ILS
is a management function that provides planning, funding, and functioning
controls which help to assure that the system meets performance requirements,
is developed at a reasonable price, and can be supported throughout its life
cycle. -- (Reference: Air Force Institute of
Technology, Graduate School of Acquisition and Logistics.)
Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) (2) - Encompasses the unified
management of the technical logistics elements that plan and develop the
support requirements for a system. This can include hardware, software, and
the provisioning of training and maintenance resources. --
(Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics
Agency Included with permission from: HUM - The Government Computer Magazine
"Integrated Logistics" December 1993, Walter Cooke.)
Logistics Support Analysis (LSA) - Simply
put, LSA is the iterative process of identifying support requirements for a
new system, especially in the early stages of system design. The main goals of
LSA are to ensure that the system will perform as intended and to influence
the design for supportability and affordability. --
(Reference: Air Force Institute of Technology, Graduate School of
Acquisition and Logistics.)
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