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What is the difference between logistics, supply chain, operations and warehousing?

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Oct 11, 2020 3:34 pm

(@honkhean)

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Someone can enlighten me? Thanks.

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Nic

Oct 12, 2020 7:11 pm

(@quan)

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Let me try to answer this..

Logistics:
Scope: Typically within a company.
Activities: Procurement, distribution, inventory management

Supply Chain:
Scope: Across different companies (end-to-end)
Activities: Procurement, distribution, inventory management, marketing, finance, customer service

Operations:
Scope: Focus on the physical storage and movement of the inventory

Warehousing:
Scope: Purely on the activities when the inventory are within the 4 walls

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Joker

Oct 13, 2020 7:52 am

(@michaeltest)

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Logistics and supply chain are used interchangeably often.

Same goes for warehousing and operations.