Logistics Management Case Study

1. INTRODUCTION

As part of curriculum of the Graduate Degree at Chitkara University, Rajpura , students are required to do a project in any reputed organization. For this reason, I did my project research in Safe Express,Chandigarh. The project work was titled “Global scenario of logistics & supply chain” & to suggest ways & means to improve the management strategic decisions.

a. Introduction to Logistics Management

Logistics management is that part of the supply chain which plans, implements & controls the efficient, effective forward & reverse flow & storage of goods, services & information between the point of origin & the point of consumption in order to meet customers' requirements. A professional working in the field of logistics management

This stereotype then faded as gigantic, state-of-the-art facilities began to sprout in more rural areas on the outskirts of transportation & population hubs. The World started beginning to see such facilities showing up in even less "traditional" areas. Modern warehouses now are being located in carefully manicured industrial parks that are sprouting as fast as the corn & wheat once did in these open spaces-often in out-of-the-way places. Why the emphasis on such locations for logistics

Logistics involve the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material-handling & packaging. In terms of value, global logistics industry has been estimated to be more than USD 235 billion & make up significant part of the GDP with regard to