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b"Marty here with you with Warehouse and Operations as a Career and I hope your having a Safe and Productive week out there! I went up north to Philadelphia Pennsylvania for a conference week before last. It was very informative and it\\u2019s always good getting to see one\\u2019s peers and attending all the classes and sessions. This was quite a large gathering, I believe It was upwards of 2000 attendees and I started thinking about all the Logistics work that went on behind the scenes to pull everything together for such a meeting. I\\u2019ve probably attended 30 or 40 conventions over my career and actually had a hand in 8 to 10 of those with some degree of responsibility. SO, with all that on my mind I thought we\\u2019d talk about what Logistics is and what it means as well as a few of the positions and opportunities that segment of our industry can bring to us! Let\\u2019s start with a definition: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/logistics?s=t states it as \\u201cthe planning, implementation, and coordination of the details of a business or other operation.\\u201d And every dictionary I checked also listed it as \\u201cthe branch of military science and operations dealing with the procurement, supply, and maintenance of equipment, with the movement, evacuation, and hospitalization of personnel, with the provision of facilities and services, and with related matters.\\u201d In many ways I like this definition better, Logistics involves so much, so many tasks and I like how the Military is so inclusive and includes purchasing, supply, moving those products around and all the planning and services involved in making something happen. In our Operations world I like to think of it as everything from making the item to getting it to the end user or consumer.
\\nWikipedia.org tells us: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logistics
\\nLogistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations. The resources managed in logistics can include physical items such as food, materials, animals, equipment, and liquids; as well as intangible items, such as time and information. The logistics of physical items usually involves the integration of information flow, materials handling, production, packaging, inventory, transportation, warehousing, and often even security.
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\\nLogistics management is the part of the supply chain management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet customer's requirements. A professional working in the field of logistics management is called a logistician. Sounds funny but that\\u2019s how you pronounce it. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/logistician defines this position or title as \\u201ca specialist in logistics.\\u201d That didn\\u2019t tell us much so I checked with the https://www.bls.gov/ooh/business-and-financial/logisticians.htm U.S. Department of Labor and their Bureau of Labor Statics which states the position as \\u201cLogisticians analyze and coordinate an organization\\u2019s supply chain\\u2014the system that moves a product from supplier to consumer. They manage the entire life cycle of a product, which includes how a product is acquired, allocated, and delivered.\\u201d
\\nI\\u2019ve known several ladies and gentlemen that\\u2019s transferred from the warehouse and transportation departments into a segment of the Logistics fields. Routing within transportation, you know, mapping out or planning the routes for our delivery trucks is a great first step into the field and on the inbound side scheduling the pickup and delivery of product for merchandising is another position that can be a good entry point for the field!"