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    Inbound & Outbound Logistics

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    Logistics refers to the process of coordinating a business's supply chain operations including acquiring raw materials, transporting and storing inventory, and transporting inventory within and outside the business. Logistics plays a huge role in smooth business operations but is difficult to manage at scale due to many variables. Inbound logistics refers to internal logistical tasks like sourcing raw materials, storing materials for production, and managing product flows. For a car manufacturer, this includes sourcing materials, storing materials during assembly, and managing automobile flows from the factory. Outbound logistics involves moving products to end users, including storing finished inventory, transporting goods to points of sale, and shipping products to end users.

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    Inbound & Outbound Logistics

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    Logistics refers to the process of coordinating a business's supply chain operations including acquiring raw materials, transporting and storing inventory, and transporting inventory within and outside the business. Logistics plays a huge role in smooth business operations but is difficult to manage at scale due to many variables. Inbound logistics refers to internal logistical tasks like sourcing raw materials, storing materials for production, and managing product flows. For a car manufacturer, this includes sourcing materials, storing materials during assembly, and managing automobile flows from the factory. Outbound logistics involves moving products to end users, including storing finished inventory, transporting goods to points of sale, and shipping products to end users.

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    Logistics refers to the process of coordinating a business's supply chain operations including acquiring raw materials, transporting and storing inventory, and transporting inventory within and outside the business. Logistics plays a huge role in smooth business operations but is difficult to manage at scale due to many variables. Inbound logistics refers to internal logistical tasks like sourcing raw materials, storing materials for production, and managing product flows. For a car manufacturer, this includes sourcing materials, storing materials during assembly, and managing automobile flows from the factory. Outbound logistics involves moving products to end users, including storing finished inventory, transporting goods to points of sale, and shipping products to end users.

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    Inbound & Outbound Logistics

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    Gagan Rajpoot
    Logistics refers to the process of coordinating a business's supply chain operations including acquiring raw materials, transporting and storing inventory, and transporting inventory within and outside the business. Logistics plays a huge role in smooth business operations but is difficult to manage at scale due to many variables. Inbound logistics refers to internal logistical tasks like sourcing raw materials, storing materials for production, and managing product flows. For a car manufacturer, this includes sourcing materials, storing materials during assembly, and managing automobile flows from the factory. Outbound logistics involves moving products to end users, including storing finished inventory, transporting goods to points of sale, and shipping products to end users.

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    What is Logistics?

    Logistics, or logistical planning, refers to the process that a business uses in order to
    coordinate its supply chain operations. It includes a wide variety of tasks and
    activities, such as managing how raw materials or inputs are acquired and
    transported to the business, how inventory and inputs are stored at the business’
    facilities, and how inventory is transported within the business and beyond.

    Role of Logistics
    Logistics play a huge role in the smooth operations of a business. However, at scale,
    it is extremely difficult to run a flawless logistics division due to the sheer number
    of variables and demands that such a system is subject to.

    Logistics can be thought of as the business function responsible for “getting the right
    item in the right quantity at the right time at the right place for the right price in the
    right condition to the right customer.” Thus, it is imperative that companies invest
    in their logistics divisions to ensure maximum customer satisfaction and overall
    productivity.

    Inbound Logistics
    Inbound logistics refers to the internal logistics tasks and activities that businesses
    need to complete in order to operate. Inbound logistics usually refers to the logistical
    operations of companies that operate fairly upstream (B2B).

    In terms of the supply chain, it involves the relationship with parties that operate
    further upstream than the given business. Depending on the business, the parties that
    operate upstream may vary dramatically in their respective operations.

    For example, consider being a car manufacturer. The manufacturer’s inbound


    logistics would entail the sourcing of raw material inputs (sheet metal, glass, wiring,
    plastics, etc.), how to store the materials in preparation for and during the assembly
    process, and how to manage the flow of manufactured automobiles that leave the
    factory.

    From the perspective of an upstream player, for example, the metal foundry that
    produces the sheet metal, the inbound logistics would vary. The inbound operations
    would include sourcing raw materials such as metal ores, storing and using the
    materials in production, and managing the flow of completed products.

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    Outbound Logistics
    Outbound logistics refer to the tasks and activities involved with moving the product
    to the end user. Such logistic duties usually apply to players that operate relatively
    downstream, which are usually the last party in the supply chain. The duties include
    the storage of manufactured inventory, the transportation of manufactured goods to
    the point of sale, and sometimes, the shipping and handling involved to get certain
    products to the end user.

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