There are lots of different kinds of logistics such as the armed forces logistics, medical logistics, business enterprise logistics and production logistics. Giving most to the global economic system is the shipping and logistics. It comes from an historical Greek word of “logos”. It is set as the carrying out of the flow of information, merchandise and other essential assets of masses and energy from one place to another for the satisfaction of the customers.
Logistics include several processes such as storage, information gathering, shipping, etc. And the people who are responsible to handle logistics should have passed or be qualified in DLP/CMILT/FCILT/CTL/CML/CPL/ESLog/MILT/MHKLA and FHKLA. Because of this, several schools nowadays are already offering high courses for Bachelor’s and advanced logisticians.
What are the jobs of a logistician? First of all is that they are the ones who are trusted in managing transportation and warehousing of the materials from the source to the recipients, buying, inventories, warehousing, transfer, and organized carrying out of these operations. The tasks may be tiring but logisticians should have these knowledge to bring systematic logistic management in the company.