Logistica Transporte En Mexico

Stucture and Strategy
In all marketing channels the product must be moved in the right quantity at the right time to a specific place in order to be delivered most efficiently to the end user.Logistic or supply chain management are terms used for the management of the flow of goods and services and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption
Supply chain is thenetwork of suppliers and customers in which any business operates.
In the next table we see the main differences between a traditional approach and a supply chain management approachThe materials management cycle- Goods and services flow to the firm through a process of material acquisition and must be managed as incoming material with an effective system thatincludes inbound transportation and inventory management.
The physical distribution is a term applied to the outgoing product flow from the firm to customers through some define network of transportationlinks and storage or distribution nodes called distribution network
Viewed together, the materials management cycle and the physical distribution cycle form the overall logistics cycle for the firm.Physical distribution
Physical distribution functions are costly and not only have economic significance it has also taken on increased management significance for several reasons. Improving theefficiency of individual logistics operations such as production, warehousing, or transportation is useless If the efficiency of the individual function throws the total system out of balance. Also thelogistics system has become an important competitive tool and is the area where the struggle to control distribution takes place.
The concept psychical distribution can be described as a cost-serviceorientation, backed by an integrated physical distribution network, that is aimed at minimizing the total costs of distribution at a given level of customer service.
The total cost perspective- The...