logestics

The term logistics comes from the late 19th century: from French logistique, from loger 'to lodge

Logistics is considered to have originated in the military's need to supply itself with arms, ammunition, and rations as it moved from a base to a forward position. In the ancient Greek, Roman, andByzantine Empires, military officers with the title Logistikas were responsible for financial and supply distribution matters.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}

The Oxford English Dictionary defines logistics as "the branch of military science relating to procuring, maintaining and transporting material, personnel and facilities." However, the New Oxford American Dictionary defines logistics as "the detailed coordination of a complex operation involving many people, facilities, or supplies", and the Oxford Dictionary online defines it as "the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation Another dictionary definition is "the time-related positioning of resources." As such, logistics is commonly seen as a branch ofengineering that creates "people systems" rather than "machine systems".

According to the Council of Logistics Management, logistics includes the integrated planning, control, realization, and monitoring of all internal and network-wide material, part, and product flow, including the necessary information flow, in industrial and trading companies along the complete value-added chain (and product life cycle) for the purpose of conforming to customer requirements.

Logistics is the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the effective and efficient flow