Logistics vs. Warehouse

Logisticsnoun

(operations) The process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services and related information from their point of origin to point of consumption for the purpose of satisfying customer requirements.

Logisticsnoun

(military) The procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation of equipment, facilities, and personnel.

Logisticsnoun

That branch of the military art which embraces the details of moving and supplying armies. The meaning of the word is by some writers extended to include strategy.

Logisticsnoun

The planning and coordination of the movement of materials, and other details of any large activity, such as a business or a political campaign.

Logisticsnoun

A system of arithmetic, in which numbers are expressed in a scale of 60; logistic arithmetic.

Logisticsnoun

handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed

Logistics

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet the requirements of customers or corporations.

Warehousenoun

A place for storing large amounts of products. In logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer.

Warehouseverb

(transitive) To store in a warehouse or similar.

Warehouseverb

(transitive) To confine (a person) to an institution for a long period.

Warehouseverb

To acquire and then shelve, simply to prevent competitors from acquiring it.

Warehousenoun

A storehouse for wares, or goods.

Warehouseverb

To deposit or secure in a warehouse.

Warehouseverb

To place in the warehouse of the government or customhouse stores, to be kept until duties are paid.

Warehousenoun

a storehouse for goods and merchandise

Warehouseverb

store in a warehouse

Warehousenoun

a large building where raw materials or manufactured goods may be stored prior to their distribution for sale.

Warehousenoun

a large wholesale or retail store

Warehouseverb

store (goods) in a warehouse

Warehouseverb

place (imported goods) in a bonded warehouse pending the payment of import duty.

Warehouseverb

place (a prisoner or a psychiatric patient) in a large, impersonal institution in which their problems are not satisfactorily addressed

Warehouse

A warehouse is a building for storing goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc.