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What's the difference between distribution management and logistics management?

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Question added by Samar Saleh , Community Manager , Bayt.com
Date Posted: 2013/06/20
zohair Siddiqui
by zohair Siddiqui , Warehouse Associate , Numerous Warehouses

Distribution management involves inventory management, purchasing, receiving the inbound loads suppliers, storing the product into storage facility, reteriving product from storage when order arrives, preparing transportation documents such as bill of lading, commerical invoice, certificate of origin or packaging slip and loading the product into the tailor or transportation mode according incoterms and provide after hour service with carriage information such as time, place, and mode. This is also known as supply chain management

 

Logistics management involves three parts: inbound shipment, outbound shipment, and any other passage when in the products are with transportation mode or in tranist travelling between links or nodes i.e between supplier and customers. Logistics involves only the transportation of goods.

Mohamed Samy
by Mohamed Samy , Senior Brand Manager - Bakeries , Al Rashed Food- GCC

distribution includes the business functions of warehousing and outbound transportation/traffic to customers Logistics includes physical distribution functions, and adds: inbound transportation/traffic; customer service; finished goods inventory management

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