Unit 8: Logistics

The business activity that involves planning, implementing, and controlling the physical flow of materials, final goods, and related information from points of origin to points of consumption to meet customer requirements at a profit.

_________ is the function that is responsible for this movement: transport and storage of materials on their journey between suppliers and customers.

_________ is part of the supply chain process 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 customers' requirements.

The function responsible for the flow of materials from suppliers into an organization, and then out to customers

_________ is responsible for moving raw materials, components, finished products, people, information, paperwork, messages, knowledge, consumables, energy, money and anything else needed by operations.

All the things that an organization moves to create its products

The movement of goods within a warehouse, from warehouses to the factory floor, and from the factory floor to various workstations.

The systematic process of storing and preserving goods on a large scale in a warehouse and making them available when they are demanded

___________ moves materials into storage, and takes care of them until they are needed.

Answer explanation

Another possible answer: stores

The area of logistics that involves bringing raw materials, packaging, other goods and services, and information from suppliers to producers