DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT
DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT
1) Distribution: Distribution is one of the four elements of the marketing mix. Distribution is the process of making a product or service available for use or consumption by a consumer or business user, using direct means, or using indirect means with intermediaries.
2) Distribution management: The management of resources and processes used to deliver a product from a production location to the point-of-sale,including storage at warehousing locations or delivery to retail distribution points. Distribution management also includes determination of optimal quantities of a product for delivery to particular warehouses or points-of-sale in order to achieve the most efficient delivery to customers.
3) Logistics: It 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.
4) Logistics management: Logistics Management is the process of planning, execution, and controlling of the movement of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet customer's requirements.
5) Functions in Logistics Management:
Procurement or purchasing
Inward transport
Receiving
Warehousing
Stock control
Order picking
Materials handling
Outward transport
6) Physical distribution management: Physical distribution is the group of activities associated with the supply of finished product from the production line to the consumers. The physical distribution considers many sales distribution channels such as wholesale and retail, and includes critical decision areas which include customer service, inventory, materials, packaging, order processing, and transportation and logistics. You often will hear these processes be referred to as distribution which is used to describe the marketing and movement of products.
7) Function of Physical Distribution Systems
Customer service
Order
1) Distribution: Distribution is one of the four elements of the marketing mix. Distribution is the process of making a product or service available for use or consumption by a consumer or business user, using direct means, or using indirect means with intermediaries.
2) Distribution management: The management of resources and processes used to deliver a product from a production location to the point-of-sale,including storage at warehousing locations or delivery to retail distribution points. Distribution management also includes determination of optimal quantities of a product for delivery to particular warehouses or points-of-sale in order to achieve the most efficient delivery to customers.
3) Logistics: It 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.
4) Logistics management: Logistics Management is the process of planning, execution, and controlling of the movement of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet customer's requirements.
5) Functions in Logistics Management:
Procurement or purchasing
Inward transport
Receiving
Warehousing
Stock control
Order picking
Materials handling
Outward transport
6) Physical distribution management: Physical distribution is the group of activities associated with the supply of finished product from the production line to the consumers. The physical distribution considers many sales distribution channels such as wholesale and retail, and includes critical decision areas which include customer service, inventory, materials, packaging, order processing, and transportation and logistics. You often will hear these processes be referred to as distribution which is used to describe the marketing and movement of products.
7) Function of Physical Distribution Systems
Customer service
Order