Standart Logistics Management

Logistics Management is the process of planning, implementation (implementation) and the supervision or control that effectively and efficiently cover the drainage activity and storage of raw materials in process and finished goods including information flows associated with these activities, ranging from the starting point (source) to the goods ready to be channeled into the hands of consumers. (Ronald H. Ballou. 1999:6)

Logistics Management by Bowersox, 1978, Logistics Management is defined as a strategic process of removal and storage of goods, spare parts and finished goods from suppliers, between company facilities and to customers.
Mission Logistics: Providing goods and services to customers in accordance with the wishes and needs in a way as efficiently as possible.

Logistics Objectives: 
Deliver finished goods and a variety of materials in the right quantities, at the time it takes, in a state that can be used, the locations he needed and with the total lowest cost.

Target Logistics:
Achieving the level of manufacturing-marketing support that has been determined previously with the lowest possible total cost.

Scope of Logistics Management
Logistics management activities vary from one company to another depending on the organizational structure, logistics management opinions, and interests of individual activities in the operation.
 
Key activities in logistics functions:
1. Customer service standards, in cooperation with the marketing:

• Determining needs and wants of customers in services logistics.
• Determine customer response to services.
• customer service levels

2. Transportation:

• Selection of transportation service.
• Cargo transported.
• Determination of the transport route.
• Scheduling conveyances.

3. Inventory Management: 

• Policies stock materials and finished products. 
• Short-term sales forecasting. 
• Marketing mix on the node distribution.
• The number, size, and location of the node distribution.
• Push strategy or Pull

4. Order Processing: 

• The procedure interface with inventory sales orders.
• Method of information delivery orders.
• Rule ordering (order).

Supporting activities in the logistics function:

1. Storage (Warehousing) 

• Determining the area of ​​the room 
• The design layout of stock and storage.
• Configuration warehousing. 
• Placement stock.

2. Material Handling (material Handling) 

• Selection of equipment. 
• Equipment replacement policy.
• The procedure of return orders.
• Storage and retrieval of stock.

3. Acquisition (Procurement)

• Selection of suppliers / vendors / suppliers.
• Time of purchase. 
• Total purchases.

4. Protective packaging, which is designed to:

• Handling.
• Storage
• Protection from loss and damage.

5. Scheduling products, working with a variety of production: 

• Determination of the quantity of aggregate.
• Ordering and production schedules.

6. Maintenance Information:

• The collection, storage, and manipulation of information.
• Data analysis
• Control procedures.