Logistics plays a major role in enhancing organizational competitiveness by improving the information and material flows along the supply chain. Operations management strategies and techniques are applicable in the design, development and management of logistics systems. Logistics activities include inventory management, warehousing operations, consolidation and packaging, transportation and logistics information systems (LIS). Successful logistics operations not only enable rapid organizational market reach, with delivery of competitive products, but it may also reduce the total cost of these products while simultaneously improving customer satisfaction.
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