工业工程专业英语 周跃进 任秉银 Chapter 61新.pptVIP

Chapter 6 Logistics Engineering Unit 1 Introduction to Logistics Definition of Logistics And the definition from the MIT Center for Transportation Logistics is that logistics involves “managing the flow of items, information, cash and ideas through the coordination of supply chain processes and through the strategic addition of place, period and pattern values.” In practice, the terms “logistics” and “supply chain management” are now used interchangeably. Actually logistics and the Supply Chain are equivalent terms, so the Institute of Logistics (1998) gave the following definitions: “Logis