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The term logistics, which derives from
military jargon, is presently used in various fields and applied
to diverse areas of production.
Within the evolution of the languages, often new words have been introduced which
are sometimes used incorrectly or out of contex. Even the word "logistics", which
is still today unfamiliar to most people, is often widely used, especially within
the industrial enviroment, to indicate various situations that very often have
little to do with the term itself. In reality, the development of the term logistics (from
the french verb "loger") found full use during the years between the two
world wars, evidently utilized within a military enviroment; the term was only
successively introduced into the world of commerce and industry.
To demostrate the above affermation, we can examine the development of the term
from the end of the second world war up to today, citing a few of the most noted
definitions of logistics:
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1948 American Marketing Association
"....the physical distribution is relative to the transfer and movement of goods
from their point of production to the place of their consumption or usage..."
1963 Webster
"....The aquisition, maintenance, and transport of military materials, services
and personell."
1970 U.S. Air Force
"....The science of planning and executing the movement and maintenance of the
forces.
In the most complete sense, logistics refers to those aspects of military operations
which relate to:
a. planning and development of aquisition, stockage, movement, distribution,
maintenance, evacuation and distribution of vehicles;
b. movement, evacuation and hospitalization of personell;
c. aquisition and construction of the infrastructures, maintenance, management
and distribution;
d. aquisition and supply of services."
1976 National Council of Phisical Distribution Management
"...The integration of two or more activities with the aim of planning and controlling
the efficient flow of primary materials, semi-finished and finished products,
from the point of origin to those of consumption".
1991 British Standards Istitution
General logistics
The organization, planning and realization of movement and stockage of people
and goods with the aim of reaching an objective.
Industrial logistics
The organization, planning and realization of movement and stockage of manufactured
goods with the aim of reaching an objective.
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