10. What Types of Facilities Do We Need?

Abstract

Logistics management is concerned with stocks and flows of goods and information. The purpose of facilities or depots is to hold stocks of materials to match anticipated demand against planned supply, to balance flows within the network and to enable consolidation of customer orders to take place. The depot is an extremely important aspect of the logistics system; not only is the depot a large capital investment, but it relates to the other components in potential trade‐off opportunities.

Citation

(1988), "10. What Types of Facilities Do We Need?", International Journal of Physical Distribution & Materials Management, Vol. 18 No. 2/3, pp. 40-42. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb014682