The APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) Certification Program
The APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) Certification Program
The APICS CSCP program helps you demonstrate your knowledge and organizational skills for developing more streamlined operations. Since its launch in 2006, more than 16,000 professionals in 79 countries have earned the APICS CSCP designation.The APICS CSCP designation
- is the most widely recognized educational program for operations and supply chain management professionals around the globe
- is a designation that is sought by thousands of employers and recruiters
- provides you with a mastery of supply chain management best practices and distinguishes you as an industry expert with specialized, high-level knowledge and skills.
- Cambridge Educational Institute Dubai United Arab Emirates Training, Onsite Education
- Leoron Professional Development Institute JLT Dubai United Arab Emirates Training, Onsite Education
- The Centre for Operations and Procurement Excellence (COPEX) Dubai United Arab Emirates Training.
Cambridge Educational Institute, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Partner of APICS : Cambridge Educational Institute
Meeting City: Dubai
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Country: United Arab Emirates
Services Offered: Education and Training, Onsite Education
Website: http://www.cambridgeeducation.net
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Contact's Email: ajay@cambridgeeducation.net
President's Name: Administrative ICP Officer
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What is Logistics and Supply Chain Management
What is Logistics and Supply Chain Management
What is the difference between the management of logistics and supply chain? Lot of people use the two terms interchangeably. But what is the right way to use them? This article will show you the historical background and the development of the logistics and supply chain management (SCM).
Logistics Management Concept
Logistics has its roots in military activities associated with the movement of troops to the battle. The request later passed in the field of business. One of the more confusing things is the difference between the supply and logistics chain management.Lummus et al., 2001, made a clear distinction between the two terms mentioned in the article named "The relationship of logistics to supply chain management: developing a common industry definition" that,
The logistics involves planning, implementing and controlling efficient, effective flow and storage of goods and services from the beginning point of external origin to the company and from the company to the point of consumption for the purpose of conforming to customer requirements. Logistics is generally viewed as within one company, although it manages flow between company and its suppliers and customers. Supply chain management includes logistics flows, the customer order management and production processes and information flows necessary to monitor all activities at the supply chain nodes.Traditional views on many organizations are modeled after the military organizations in which many players are under the command of a leader. Then many related activities performed by different people from different functions. Doing this way, the coordination between each function is not effective because each function considering only their own goal.
Modern logistics is now taking into account the integrated process under the same unit to formulate more productive workflow.
According to APICS Dictionary, Supply Chain is
"The global network used to deliver products and services from raw materials to end customers through an engineered flow of information, physical distribution, and cash". Simple structure of supply chain network can be depicted as below,
Definition of Logistics
Logistics - (business definition) Logistics is defined as a business planning framework for the management of material, service, information and capital flows. It includes the increasingly complex information, communication and control systems required in today's business environment. -- (Logistix Partners Oy, Helsinki, FI, 1996)
Logistics - (military definition) The science of planning and carrying out the movement and maintenance of forces.... those aspects of military operations that deal with the design and development, acquisition, storage, movement, distribution, maintenance, evacuation and disposition of material; movement, evacuation, and hospitalization of personnel; acquisition of construction, maintenance, operation and disposition of facilities; and acquisition of furnishing of services. -- (JCS Pub 1-02 excerpt)
Logistics - The procurement, maintenance, distribution, and replacement of personnel and materiel. -- (Websters Dictionary)
Logistics - 1. The branch of military operations that deals with the procurement, distribution, maintenance, and replacement of materiel and personnel. 2. The management of the details of an operation.
[French logistiques, from logistique, logic (perhaps influenced by loger, to quarter), from Medieval Latin logisticus, of calculation.] -- (American Heritage Dictionary)
[French logistiques, from logistique, logic (perhaps influenced by loger, to quarter), from Medieval Latin logisticus, of calculation.] -- (American Heritage Dictionary)
Logistics - ...the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services, and related information from point of origin to point of consumption for the purpose of conforming to customer requirements." Note that this definition includes inbound, outbound, internal, and external movements, and return of materials for environmental purposes. -- (Reference: Council of Logistics Management, http://www.clm1.org/mission.html, 12 Feb 98)
Logistics - The process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, cost effective flow and storage of raw materials, in-process inventory, finished goods and related information from point of origin to point of consumption for the purpose of meeting customer requirements. -- (Reference: Canadian Association of Logistics Management, http://www.calm.org/calm/AboutCALM/AboutCALM.html, 12 Feb, 1998)
Logistics - The science of planning, organizing and managing activities that provide goods or services. -- (MDC, LogLink / LogisticsWorld, 1997)
Logistics - Logistics is the science of planning and implementing the acquisition and use of the resources necessary to sustain the operation of a system. -- (Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics Agency Included with permission from: HUM - The Government Computer Magazine "Integrated Logistics" December 1993, Walter Cooke, Included with permission from: HUM - The Government Computer Magazine.)
Logist - To perform logistics functions or processes. The act of planning, organizing and managing activities that provide goods or services. (The verb "to logist." Eg. She logisted the last operation. I will logist the next operation. I am logisting the current operation. We logist the operations. The operations are well logisted.) -- (MDC, LogLink / LogisticsWorld, 1997)
Logistic - Of or pertaining to logistics. -- (MDC, LogLink / LogisticsWorld, 1997)
Logistical - Of or pertaining to logistics, logistics-like. -- (MDC, LogLink / LogisticsWorld, 1997)
Logistics Functions - (classical) planning, procurement, transportation, supply, and maintenance. -- (United States Department of Defense DOD)
Logistics Processes - (classical) requirements determination, acquisition, distribution, and conservation. -- (United States Department of Defense DOD)
Business Logistics - The science of planning, design, and support of business operations of procurement, purchasing, inventory, warehousing, distribution, transportation, customer support, financial and human resources. -- (MDC, LogLink / LogisticsWorld, 1997)
Cradle-to-Grave - Logistics planning, design, and support which takes in to account logistics support throughout the entire system or product life cycle. -- (MDC, LogLink / LogisticsWorld, 1997)
Acquisition Logistics - Acquisition Logistics is everything involved in acquiring logistics support equipment and personnel for a new weapons system. The formal definition is "the process of systematically identifying, defining, designing, developing, producing, acquiring, delivering, installing, and upgrading logistics support capability requirements through the acquisition process for Air Force systems, subsystems, and equipment. -- (Reference: Air Force Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Acquisition and Logistics.)
Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) (1) - ILS is a management function that provides planning, funding, and functioning controls which help to assure that the system meets performance requirements, is developed at a reasonable price, and can be supported throughout its life cycle. -- (Reference: Air Force Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Acquisition and Logistics.)
Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) (2) - Encompasses the unified management of the technical logistics elements that plan and develop the support requirements for a system. This can include hardware, software, and the provisioning of training and maintenance resources. -- (Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics Agency Included with permission from: HUM - The Government Computer Magazine "Integrated Logistics" December 1993, Walter Cooke.)
Logistics Support Analysis (LSA) - Simply put, LSA is the iterative process of identifying support requirements for a new system, especially in the early stages of system design. The main goals of LSA are to ensure that the system will perform as intended and to influence the design for supportability and affordability. -- (Reference: Air Force Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Acquisition and Logistics.)
- Must Read: What is Logistics
What is Logistics
Logistics is the management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet some requirements, of customers or corporations. The resources managed in logistics can include physical items, such as food, materials, animals, equipment and liquids, as well as abstract items, such as time, information, particles, and energy. The logistics of physical items usually involves the integration of information flow, material handling, production, packaging, inventory, transportation,warehousing, and often security. The complexity of logistics can be modeled, analyzed, visualized, and optimized by dedicated simulation software. The minimization of the use of resources is a common motivation in logistics for import and export.
- Must Read: Definition of Logistics
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