Abstract
CADOProSys Software was developed by a group of teachersfrom Engineering and Industrial Management Department of TransilvaniaUniversity of Brasov, Romania. The main purpose of software is to helpthe beginners and graduates to design production systems in the field ofautomotive industry. CADOProSys Software has many modules. One ofthese modules is focused on logistics, from suppliers and customers pointof view. Starting a production system implies the selection of suppliersfrom many points of view. The user of the module is able to introduce thecriteria and the importance of each criterion. Based on these the moduleswill provide the appropriate supplier and the inquiry documents.
Highlights
1.1 Logistics: meaning and evolutionLogistics is being recognized as a very important factor for major corporations to significantly increase shareholder and customer value
There were lots of definitions for logistic, but one of the most simple and complex in the same time is that given by Edward Frazelle, according to whom “logistics is the flow of material, information, and money between consumers and suppliers” [1]
From workplace logistics to global logistics, the concept developed from material handling between workstations to flow of material, information and money between countries
Summary
Logistics is being recognized as a very important factor for major corporations to significantly increase shareholder and customer value. There were lots of definitions for logistic, but one of the most simple and complex in the same time is that given by Edward Frazelle, according to whom “logistics is the flow of material, information, and money between consumers and suppliers” [1]. Starting to ‘50s logistics expanded its meaning (figure 1). From workplace logistics to global logistics, the concept developed from material handling between workstations to flow of material, information and money between countries. There are five independent activities that define logistics: customer satisfaction, inventory planning and management, supply, transportation and warehousing (figure 2)
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