Source: Integracore.

com

The term logistics was used as far back as 1898.

According to Wikipedia barcodes were first used to label railroad cars. It wasnt
until a pack of Wrigleys gum was first scanned in a supermarket in 1974, that
the efficiency of barcodes was realized for retailers, in particular large grocery
chains.
Fords Model A Car Production in 1927 demonstrates the first example of mass
production. -The mastermind behind MRP (material requirements planning) was
IBMs Gene Thomas who later founded the company, Emeritus.
According to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), it
is estimated that it costs approximately .37 to deliver a box of cereal to the U.S.
consumers breakfast table.
Source: info.plslogistics.com

Shippers who partner with outsourced logistics service providers report an

average cost reduction of 13%.
There are close to 3.5 million truck drivers moving freight. In other words, one in
every 15 people working in the U.S. is employed in the trucking industry.
Source: Business Standard

India is almost 10 years behind China in the e-commerce space. Chinas

inflection point was reached in 2005 when its size was similar to Indias current
market size. Thankfully for India the dynamics currently are similar to what
existed in China then growing broadband penetration, acceptance of online
marketplaces, and lack of physical retail infrastructure in many places.
For every Rs 100 spent on e-tailing, Rs 35 is spent on supporting services like
warehousing, payment gateways, and logistics, among others. Presently,
aggressive pricing in India is leading to e-tailers making losses on every
segment. For a Rs 100 sale of a book, the e-tailer incurs a loss of Rs 24, a loss of
Rs 13 in mobiles, and Rs 8 in apparel.
Source: Factsbarn.com
12% of perishable foods are lost each year during shipping. Thats $500 billion
dollars.
Source: thestairway.org

Every year logistics operations deliver enough beer to fill Wembley Stadium.
The biggest ship in the world can carry the Eiffel Tower and an Airbus
comfortably.
If you joined together all the sausages that the logistics industry delivers in a
year, they would reach beyond the moon.

Logistics operations deliver the equivalent of 16,000 swimming pools of milk

every year.
For every truck of goods delivered to supermarkets in the UK, 400 cars are
needed to transport the goods to the homes.
Some Famous Quotes

I consider a bad bottle of Heineken to be a personal insult to me, Freddy

Heineken, founder of Dutch beer giant
All we are doing is looking at the time line from the moment the customer gives
us an order to the point when we collect the cash. And we reduce that time line
by removing non-value-added wastes, Taiichi Ohno 1912-1990, Toyota
Executive and father of the Toyota Production System
If you cannot describe what you are doing as a process, you do not know what
you are doing, W. Edwards Deming 1900-1993, American continuous
improvement management guru and father of the Deming Cycle
The best supply chains aren't just fast and cost-effective. They are also agile
and adaptable, and they ensure that all their companies' interests stay aligned,
Hau L. Lee, US Professor of Operations, Information and Technology in Harvard
Business Review, Oct. 2004
Even though quality cannot be defined, you know what quality is, Robert M.
Pirsig 1928-, American philosopher
Operational excellence remains a greater imperative than most companies and
most executives acknowledge, Gene Tyndall in Supercharging Supply Chains
(1998)
Plans are nothing, planning is everything, Philip Kotler, Marketing Author,
Consultant and Professor
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence,
Vince Lombardi, former American Footballer, Coach and Executive