What are the types of logistics?

According to different criteria, logistics can be categorized in different ways. Usually, logistics can be classified in the following ways:

1, according to the scope of logistics is divided into social logistics and enterprise logistics:

Social logistics belongs to the macro scope, including equipment manufacturing, transportation, warehousing, decoration and packaging, distribution, information services, etc., the public **** logistics and third-party logistics throughout; enterprise logistics belongs to the scope of micro logistics, including production logistics, supply logistics, sales logistics, recycling logistics and waste streams. logistics, sales logistics, recycling logistics and waste streams.

2, according to the different fields of action, logistics is divided into the production field of logistics and circulation field of logistics:

The production field of logistics throughout the entire process of production. The whole process of production from the procurement of raw materials, will require a corresponding supply of logistics activities, that is, the procurement of materials needed for production; in the production of various processes, the need for raw materials, semi-finished goods logistics process, the so-called production logistics; part of the residual materials, reusable materials recovery, is the so-called recycling logistics; waste disposal requires waste logistics.

Logistics in circulation mainly refers to sales logistics. In today's buyer's market conditions, sales logistics activities with a strong service to meet the buyer's needs, and ultimately realize sales. In this market premise, sales are often delivered to the user and after-sales service is considered to be terminated, so the characteristics of the enterprise sales logistics is a series of logistics through packaging, delivery, distribution and other sales.

3, according to the development of the historical process, logistics will be divided into traditional logistics, integrated logistics and modern logistics:

Traditional logistics, the main focus of the main efforts in warehousing and inventory management and delivery, and sometimes the main focus on warehousing and transportation to make up for the difference in time and space.? Integrated logistics not only provides transportation services, but also includes a lot of coordination work, is the management of the entire supply chain, such as land transportation, warehousing departments and some other distributors, but also includes order processing, procurement and other elements. Because a lot of energy is put into supply chain management, the responsibility is bigger and the management is more complicated, which is the difference with traditional logistics.

Modern logistics is in order to meet the needs of consumers from the starting point to the end of the raw materials, intermediate process inventory, final products and related information to effectively flow and storage planning, realization and control management process. It emphasizes the process from the starting point to the end point, improve the standards and requirements of logistics, is the direction of development of logistics in various countries. Large international logistics companies believe that modern logistics has two important functions: to be able to manage the quality of the flow of different goods; the development of information and communication systems, the establishment of business contacts through the network, directly from the customer to obtain orders.

4, according to the main body to provide services, logistics is divided into agency logistics and production enterprise internal logistics

Agent logistics, also known as the third logistics (Third?Party?Logistics, 3PL), refers to the third party outside the supply and demand of logistics services to complete the logistics service mode of operation. The third party is to provide logistics transactions between the parties to some or all of the logistics function of the external service providers.

Internal logistics refers to a production enterprise from the raw materials into the factory, after a number of procedures to process into parts, and then parts assembled into components, and finally assembled into finished products out of the factory, the flow of materials within the enterprise is called internal logistics.

5, according to the different flow of logistics, but also can be divided into inward logistics and outward logistics

Inward logistics is the enterprise from the production of goods suppliers into the flow of products triggered by the enterprise from the market procurement process; outward logistics is from the enterprise to the consumers of the flow of products between the enterprise that is, the enterprise will be the products delivered to the market and complete the process of exchanges with consumers.