Innovation & Creativity in Logistics Business Management

Logistics is the efficient and efficient planning, implementation and control of the flow and storage of raw materials, inventory under manufacture, finished goods and related information from point of origin to point of consumption in order to meet the needs of customers. It involves information integration, transportation, inventory, storage, handling, packaging, distribution and security. The concept of logistics originated from a military establishment where it was used in the French army to ensure the arrival of supplies and ammunition at the appropriate time and in the best possible way, especially when the fighting forces advance from their military bases to advanced combat positions, Military Science Logistics has begun to be taught as one of the means of maintaining continuity of supply, thus ensuring the progress of forces in the face of the enemy, and on the other hand to disrupt its interests by isolating it without resources, all in accordance with the wisdom of military planning.

Logistic Management plays a great role in the administrative concerns and became the most important characteristic of its logistics activities from other administrative service activities which were practiced in this field by several considerations. The logistics activities are carried out in an integrative manner, ie applying the concepts of integration in order to benefit from economies of scale, Logistics activities are carried out under the umbrella of information systems and are at the forefront of realizing the basic benefits of multinational enterprises. They are using the latest advances in the technological revolution and have created a new system of international division of labor and globalization of production and trade. Li production process based segmentation of the commodity between several countries in the vertical integration of the manufacturing level, then horizontal integration on the marketing and distribution level.

Logistics Practices and Policies have evolved into one of the most exciting professional sectors that appeal to business, craft and even academic professionals. According to the Logistics Performance Index 2014, the logistics and supply chain management training system is one of the most important tasks for the sector's employees. The global economy. Here, it should be noted that the leading positions in the middle or higher management sector have already required that the specialized individual have a high degree of expertise to enable him to direct the highly problematic supply chains of the supplier Raw materials to end consumers, it is worth mentioning that any organization whether governmental or private is not without several sections and departments operate logistics.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to: