Name : Milan patel Roll no : 39 College : SEMCOM

Business Etiquettes and Presentation Skills

Logistics Management

Presentation plan
Introduction Definition Implementation of SCM through Logistics Management Examples Measures taken Suggestions

Introduction
The objective is to plan and coordinate all the activities necessary to achieve desired level of delivered service and quality at lowest possible cost. The scope of logistics include the entire gamut of activities starting from the procurement and management of raw materials through to delivery of final product to the customer. The ultimate purpose of any logistics system is to satisfy the customer by establishing linkages of people at all levels in the organization directly or indirectly to the market place.

Definitions
The underlying concept is The process of strategically managing the procurement, movement and storage of materials, parts and finished inventory and the related information flows through the organization and its marketing channels in such a way that the current and future profitability are maximized through the cost effective fulfillment of orders.

Implementation of SCM through Logistics Management

SCM raises the challenge of integrating and coordinating the flow of materials from multitude of suppliers, including offshore, and similarly managing the distribution of the finished product by way of multitude intermediaries. Transferring costs upstream or downstream leads to logistics myopia as all costs ultimately will make way to the final market place to be reflected in the price paid by the end user. The prime objective of SCM is to reduce or eliminate the buffers of inventory that exists between the organizations in a chain through sharing of information on demand and current stock levels.

Examples
Transportation Logistics Enterprises that specialize in the transportation of people and products must lay out highly detailed strategic logistics plans to provide the best possible service and turn the highest possible profit. Such enterprises may engage in surface or air shipping, and they may specialize in passenger transportation, import-export, domestic distribution or parcel shipping. Plans for strategic transportation logistics must take into account item size and weight, shipment sizes, security, loading, unloading, connections and error management. For instance, a company specializing in the transport of minerals from Africa to the United States must bring the product by boat and use trucks and trains to get them to various manufacturers. Manufacturing Logistics In a manufacturing setting, strategic logistics plans must take the various aspects of the manufacturing process and combine them into a single integrated effort. Such plans must account for variables such as machinery speed, machinery maintenance, machine error, human error, material receiving and product distribution. Such plans must make projections and set goals regarding the speed and efficiency of the production process, outlining ways by which the company can minimize wasted time and material and maximize output and profitability.

Examples
Construction Logistics Construction companies face many of the same basic logistical needs as manufacturing companies, in that they must bring in materials from various suppliers to a single location where it can assemble them into a finished product. However, construction operations differ from manufacturing operations in that the point of use for their materials changes from one job to another, as do the materials needed. For this reason, construction companies may have to find new suppliers from job to job. Once the materials are at the construction site, the construction company must then have an entire framework in place employing various construction workers and technicians who take part in the construction process in a multitude of ways. Logistical planning in construction must deal with all such issues relating to workers and materials. Military Logistics

Strategic logistics planning in the military combines aspects of transportation, manufacturing and construction logistics with aspects specific to military logistics. Military personnel who oversee logistics planning must account for the construction of temporary shelters and the supply of fuel, ammunition and food to soldiers in combat situations. Successful military campaigns require strong, secure supply lines that keep soldiers adequately armed and supported.

Measures Taken
Logistics management is primarily concerned with optimizing flows within the organization. Supply chain management deals with integration of all partners in the value chain. Logistics is essentially a framework that creates a single plan for flow of products and information through a business. Supply chain builds upon this framework and seeks to achieve linkage and coordination between processes of other entities in the pipeline i.e. suppliers and customers, and organization itself

Suggestions
It is important to identify costs associated with performing specific logistics tasks such as warehousing expenses for specific logistics. Though the cost of logistics function is given in most accounting systems, allocation of logistics costs broken down to individual activities is not given.

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