Logistics as a business concept evolved in the 1950s due to the increasing complexity of supplying businesses with materials and shipping out products in an increasingly globalized supply chain, leading to a call for experts called supply chain logisticians. Business logistics can be defined as "having the right item in the right quantity at the right time at the right place for the right price in the right condition to the right customer", and is the science of process and incorporates all industry sectors.
The term production logistics is used to describe logistic processes within an industry. The purpose of production logistics is to ensure that each machine and workstation is being fed with the right product in the right quantity and quality at the right time. The concern is not the transportation itself, but to streamline and control the flow through valueadding processes and eliminate non–value-adding ones. Today the complexity of production logistics can be modeled, analyzed, visualized and optimized by plant simulation software.
6. Give English equivalents for the words and phrases given below:
будущий спрос; вывоз продуктов; добавленная стоимость; закупки; концепция бизнеса; логист; передовая позиция; плохо вооруженный; потребление; программное обеспечение моделирования на предприятии; производственная логистика; товарный поток; транспортировка; управление материальными запасами; упаковывание; цепочка поставок.
7. Complete the sentences using words and expressions given below:
material handling; non–value-adding; quality; consultation; shipping out; inventory; quantity; ill-equipped; logistician; supply; consumption; distribution; streamline; cost; purchasing.
1. Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation.........1, warehousing, ...........2 and packaging.
2. In Greek, Roman and Byzantine empires, Logistikas were responsible for financial and supply.........3.
3. Supply chain management in military logistics means predicting ......4, deterioration, .........5, and future demand.
4. The lack of effective logistical planning can lead to a slow, and .........6 force with too little supply.
5. Logistics as a business concept developed due to the complexities of supplying businesses with materials and ............