# logistics

Pronunciation: US say "luh-JIS-tiks" /ləˈd͡ʒɪstɪks/; UK

## Noun

1. The process of planning, carrying out and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services and related information from origin to point of use, to meet customers' needs.
   - Simple: Planning and running how products, services and information are moved and stored so customers get what they need.
   - _She left teaching for a job with a logistics company that runs warehouses across the Midwest._
   - _The retailer rebuilt its logistics around regional distribution centers to speed up deliveries._
2. The military work of obtaining equipment, facilities, and personnel, providing their supplies and upkeep, and arranging their transportation.
   - Simple: In the armed forces, the work of getting, moving and caring for equipment, bases and people.
   - _The general knew the campaign would be decided by logistics rather than by any single battle._
   - _Officers in charge of logistics arranged fuel, spare parts and transport for twenty thousand troops._
3. Plural of logistic. — plural of logistic
   - Simple: Plural of logistic. Use it in math for more than one logistic curve.

## Origin

From French logistique, coined or popularized in 1830 by Antoine-Henri Jomini from logis, "lodging place", as in maréchal des logis, "marshal of lodging". It was possibly influenced by the existing mathematical term logistique, of Ancient Greek origin.

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