Al-Futtaim Logistics | Riyadh - Al Mashael

Logistics is the art and science of managing the flow of goods, energy, information, and other resources such as products, services, and even human beings from the area of ​​production to the area of ​​consumption. It is difficult or even impossible to accomplish any global trade or process (import/export) transportation of raw materials or products and their manufacture without professional logistical support. Where logistics includes: information gathering, transportation, inventory, warehousing, physical handling and packaging (boxing). Logistics Warehouse for Goods Logistics Objectives Edit Logistics Objectives by J.S. Becour (J.C.) and H.; Bouquin (H Bouquin),[1] can be expressed thus: In the short term: improving the physical flow from upstream to downstream. and this leads to : Definition of purchasing and production programs; programming of shipments; Organizing after-sales services and distribution of spare parts; Continuity of operations by creating a maintenance plan; In the medium term: Within the framework of work plans and budgets, logistics aims to: Defining the procedures that control the logistical costs of the services the company has chosen to develop; For example: If the company decides to carry out the production process according to the principle of deferred differentiation, then it is assumed that the logistics helps to understand and improve all the relevant production and warehousing parameters of this type of organization. Providing advice to the managers to enable them to choose the processes that the company must guarantee by itself and that it has an interest in delegating it to contract with specialized companies. Example: Should we guarantee after-sales service to customers? Or is it better to outsource?; Contribute significantly to achieving the optimum benefit from investments or from the company's capital. Long-term: On a long-term perspective, the purpose of logistics is to: Helping the organization control the complexity, uncertainty of deadlines and delays caused by the multiplicity of products and markets; Continuous updating of the impact that logistics will have on the operating costs of clients and the organization; Giving the organization - where appropriate - a competitive advantage by providing better and more convenient logistics services to its customers