THE DEVELOPMENT OF

LOGISTICS AND DISTRIBUTION

Manufacturers
manufactured,
retailers retailed, and 1950-60'
in some way or other
the goods reached
the shops. the concept of physical
distribution was
1960´-70 developed with the
gradual
realization that the
se reconoció la ‘dark continent
existencia de una
relación entre las
distintas funciones, 1970
que
was an important decade
funciones
in the development of the
distribution
1970 The decade also saw a
change in
the structure and control
advances in of the distribution chain
information technology
enabled organizations 1980
to
broaden their
perspectives in terms this led to additional
of the functions that opportunities to
could be integrated improve customer
1990 service and reduce the
associated costs
the process of integration was
developed even further to
encompass not only the
key functions within an
organization’s own boundaries
but also those functions
1990
outside that This led to the development
also contribute to the provision of many new ideas for
of a product to a final improvement, specifically
customer recognized in the
2000 redefinition of
business goals and the re-
engineering of entire
systems.
Logistics and the
supply chain finally
became recognized as
an area that was key
2010
Leading organizations
to overall recognized that
business success. there was a positive
‘value added’ role that
2010 logistics could offer,
rather than the
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