THE EVOLUTION OF

LOGISTICS IN HISTORY

PRESENTED BY: WILLIAM ARLEY ROJAS

• if we had to define the concept of logistics with one
word, the most appropriate would be "supply". The
word logistics is a term whose origin is military, and in
its first definition included the supply of ammunition
and weapons. This supply required, in the case of
combat, a series of skills and strategies that justified the
appearance of the term "logistics".
• To understand the appearance of this
meaning we must go to ancient Greece
and the Roman Empire. At that time,
the ‘Logistikas’ were the military
officers in charge of supplying the
army. Furthermore, the term
‘Logistikos’ can be translated as “he
who knows how to calculate”. We can
deduce thanks to the terminology used
the importance that was given to these
people and how important their
preparation and mathematical
knowledge were.
• Because we understand logistics as all the work of
supplying and distributing goods, we can affirm that
logistics has existed since the dawn of time: when
our ancestors needed to store food in caves, they
used logistics, however rudimentary, until become
what we know now and play a fundamental role in
both domestic shipments and international transport
of goods.
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