What are the categories of logistics?
Social logistics belongs to the macro scope, including equipment manufacturing, transportation, warehousing, distribution, packaging decoration, information services, public logistics and third party logistics through the logistics enterprises; the micro logistics category, including production logistics, supply logistics, sales logistics and recycling logistics and waste material logistics etc..
Logistics in the production field runs through the whole process of production. The whole process of production from raw material procurement, it requires the corresponding supply logistics activities, namely the purchase needed for the production of materials; between the production of the process, the logistics process of the raw materials and semi-finished products, namely the so-called production logistics; recovery of surplus material, reusable materials. Is the so-called waste recycling logistics; logistics needs is the disposal of waste.
The main focus of traditional logistics is warehousing and inventory management and delivery, and sometimes the main focus is on warehousing and transportation to make up for differences in time and space. Integrated logistics not only provide transportation services, including many coordination of the entire supply chain management, such as management of transportation, warehousing department and some other distributors, including order processing, procurement etc.. Because much effort is put on supply chain management, more responsibility and more complex management, which is different from traditional logistics.
