Talk:Logistics

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Can you explain the difference between supply chain management and logistics management?

Supply chain management is usually restricted to the management of the raw materials and supplies that a firm needs (ie.: inputs). Logistics looks at the whole physical distribution system, both supplies (inputs) and product distribution (ie.: outputs). It gets confusing because some software manufacturers/marketers do not follow this textbook definition very closely in their documentation and advertising. mydogategodshat 08:42, 17 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Military Logistics has some useful info about the origin of the word 'logistics' which should probably be incorporated here: The word "logistics" is derived from the Greek adjective logistikos meaning "skilled in calculating." The first administrative use of the word was in Roman and Byzantine times when there was a military administrative official with the title Logista. At that time. the word apparently implied a skill in the science of mathematical computations. Eleusis 20:21, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Addition of external links

The "External links" section of this article is not a place to list of companies which provided logistics-related services. See # 7 in the list of what Wikipedia is not — in particular, it is NOT a "guide r resource for conducting business ... Wikipedia is not the yellow pages." Also see Wikipedia:External links for guidelines. —ERcheck (talk) @ 18:37, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Drum and Bass Band

Isn't there a DnB artist or band named Logistics? I don't know enough about them to write an article, but if someone would, that'd be cool. See [1]. MisterPhyrePhox 20:06, 10 December 2006 (UTC)