Logistics management refers to the planning, organization, command, coordination, control and supervision of logistics activities in the process of social reproduction according to the law of material entity flow, so as to achieve the best coordination and cooperation of various logistics activities, thereby reducing logistics costs and improving logistics efficiency and economic benefits.

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The Logistics Management Department has the following classification standards:

First, macro logistics and micro logistics

Macro logistics refers to the overall logistics activities of social reproduction, and it is to understand and study logistics activities from the overall perspective of social reproduction. Macro-logistics mainly studies the operation law and overall behavior of logistics activities in the process of social reproduction.

Second, social logistics and enterprise logistics

Social logistics refers to the logistics that transcends one household, takes the whole society as the category and aims at facing the society. This kind of logistics is very social, and it is often done by professional logistics undertakers.

Three. International logistics and regional logistics

International logistics refers to an international economic and trade activity in which materials (goods) are physically moved in order to overcome the spatial distance and time distance between production and consumption when two or more countries (or regions) produce and consume independently.

Fourth, general logistics and special logistics.

General logistics refers to the similarity and generality of logistics activities. An important feature of logistics activities is the universality of the whole society, so the establishment of logistics system and the development of logistics activities must have universal applicability.

Baidu Encyclopedia: Logistics Management