Talk:Logistics/Archives/2012

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Drum and Bass Band

Isn't there a DnB artist or band named Logistics? I don't know enough about them to write an article, but if someone would, that'd be cool. See [1]. MisterPhyrePhox 20:06, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Affirmative; under the label of Hospital Record at [2] or [3].
I would like to write the article for this, but being new to wikipedia editing I'm not sure what to do. If anyone can give some help on my user page, it would be much appreciated. :) Sicanjal 09:29, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

External links

The external links section is a bit out of control. I've cleaned up a few times but was wholesale reverted by an IP today, so thought I should open a conversation here to find out what people think of these links. Several of them (the blog/networking/forum sites and advertising ones) fail our guidelines straight of the bat, making them highly unlikely to be good encyclopedic links. I'd also like to get rid of the trade rags as they rarely have much depth, if people think they really add something, could we at least just choose the best one so the links aren't so cluttered actually providing readers with some focus?

I'd trimmed down before to two links because it seemed there was a lot of duplication and low quality stuff. Here's a blow by blow:

I also deleted a couple of foreign language sites - since they're not at all appropriate, and we can't even discuss them properly if we can't tell what the content is. thanks. -- Siobhan Hansa 22:42, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Any comments on this? If no one objects I'll go ahead with the changes outlined above tomorrow. -- Siobhan Hansa 12:21, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Looks good. Try to get an European info source there as well, maybe some university logistics course material site if available --sigs

I removed a couple more that had been added since, leaving one new one and the original two from above. In general, I think this article could do without an External links section. The problem with the current links is that we're allowing every logistics-related institute and educational program to be listed, which violates WP:NOT. The ones listed aren't even top-ranked ones, from what I've researched. --Ronz 18:07, 8 March 2007 (UTC) 

Joint Logistics Analysis Tool is deadlink - it should be removed.

^ John T. Phelan, Jr. P.E. "Guest Column: Knowing When a WMS or WCS Is Right for Your Company". Supply & Demand Chain Executive. Enom, Inc. Retrieved 15 September 2009. - this is off topic. It should be in "warehouse management system). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boonanan (talk • contribs) 14:40, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

measures of efficient logistics

how should logistics be measured etc. Textbook source references, please

here's one: Donald Waters: Logistics: Introduction to Supply Chain Management —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.167.7.226 (talk) 13:36, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

WTF

"Logistics is a necessary evil"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Krazykenny (talk • contribs) 02:53, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Oxford Dictionary definition

Where was this definition taken from? The Oxford dictionary has a somewhat different definition in its second edition: "The organization of supplies, stores, quarters, etc., necessary for the support of troop movements, expeditions, etc." I don't want to remove the former definition until it's safe to do so. --Bookinvestor (talk) 13:55, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

What a mess!

There really is no need for separate pages on;

These are all the same thing, just different 'buzz words' like the ridiculous '4PL' and even now more ridiculous '5PL'. Freight forwarders have re branded as Logistics providers and now re branding as 3PL. I know of haulage companies calling themselves logistics companies these days! These pages all need to combined, with a section in each explaining the difference, (if there really is much, as it depends on the company rather than the label). The pages and any other names can therefore be redirected to a main article. Any objections, and if so, please, please explain. --Pnb73 (talk) 20:24, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Poor definition

The introductory text gives an OED definition of logistics that implies it is a military discipline, but then this article goes on to distinguish military logistics and business logistics, among other things. I think we need a definition of logistics that is capable of covering both, and allows us to distinguish military and business logistics, which seems like a dubious distinction to begin with. 70.251.147.224 (talk) 22:27, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Many logistics and supply chain institute have changed the definition of logistics a bit. New definition should be updated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yayaying (talk • contribs) 05:46, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

The current definition, "management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of destination in order to meet the requirements of customers or corporations." is too narrow: it implies that logistics solely relates to the Logistics Industry. The definition in the New Oxford American Dictionary (the standard Mac OS X dictionary) is "the detailed coordination of a complex operation involving many people, facilities, or supplies" - I would like to see a nod to this meaning of the word at the beginning fo the article, and an explanation that the meaning of the word that the article focuses on is the 'logistics industry' - since this falls within the Business section of Wikipedia. Joshepenman (talk) 14:53, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Definition problems again

In the section titled Orgins and Definition, the first paragraph states that the word Logistics stems from a French word, the second paragraph indicates a Greek, Roman and Byzantine military officer title that was related to the word Logistics. Which orgin is correct or is the French word decended from the Roman title? Doesn't seem very clear to me. I think that the orgin needs some clarification.--TGC55 (talk) 16:01, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

A definition without a subject...

Under "Business logistics" the definition 'having the right item in the right quantity at the right time at the right place for the right price in the right condition to the right customer' is given for the indefinite pronoun 'This', which has no obvious referent. From the content it would appear to be the set of 'pass-fail' type measurable *objectives* (in business-speak, the 'metrics') for each action in the process of logistic support. This gerundive 'definition' certainly does not apply to any of the nouns in the paragraph which precede the pronoun.

Tadchem (talk) 14:54, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Buzzword?

Well, this article doesn't cite anything, now does it? It looks like logistics is shaping up to be buzzword with no agreed upon meaning, covering things which already have definitions ( like "management", ever hear of that?), and is mostly used by business or military people attempting to sound intelligent ( along with "proactive" and the truely dreadful "mindscape"). 67.190.86.13 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:49, 4 October 2011 (UTC).

Multimodal Logistics Hub

A hub or a cetral location having more than one mode of transportation (road, rail, sea, air, etc.) handling flow of goods and other resources, including energy and people, between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet the requirements of consumers.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Prashantsowmitry (talk • contribs) 12:53, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

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