Logistics control
Introduction
Logistics management bases its management on the logistics systems, subsystems and logistics activities contained in the supply chain, integrating the entire company with the purpose of controlling these systems so that they have the capacity to provide business systems or organizations, based on their needs on the three fundamental quantities of the universe: matter, energy and information, which are reflected through goods and services.
Characteristics
Logistics administration contemplates the following aspects:
Quality is variable and evolves every day with respect to the satisfaction of the client or final consumer, since they are the ones who perceive the conditions under which they receive the goods and services. For this reason, logistics management provides solutions on the chain that contain:
It is clear that there are more aspects that are developed throughout the management of the logistics system and the supply chain to exceed the expectations of the consumer or end client, giving rise to more competitive business systems and organizations in the global market.
The logistics management approach
One of the most important approaches to fully consider in logistics administration is the client or final consumer of goods or services, the management of the supply chain depends on this in the face of a dynamic flow, which is reflected in structured processes or subsystems that contain logistics activities within the business system. This is how logistics is considered in its system phase that supports the business of each company and its administration of the support activities. Management must be executed from the point of view of a system larger than that of logistics, the most immediate being that of the company, followed by the logistics system and thus reaching the subsystems and activities or functions.
The purpose of logistics management
The purpose of logistics management focuses on ensuring that the flow of goods, services and information between the different actors in the supply chain is efficient, effective and competitive. According to the article by Ballesteros Riveros and Ballesteros Silva (2008), this purpose is not limited only to transporting products or maintaining inventories; It goes much further, as it seeks to create a capable of responding to market demands with agility, quality and optimized costs.