Timeline Supply Chain Management and Logistics

  • The Logistics Term appears

    The Logistics Term appears

    logistics was developed in the military field and is related to the acquisition and supply of equipment and materials
  • The Whip Effect

    The Whip Effect

    Mismatch between real consumer demand and that of the intermediary.
  • Foundation of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.

    Foundation of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.

    Association dedicated to the investigation of the Supply Chain. Founded in 1963, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals - whose acronym and website are: CSCMP, www.cscmp.org) is the world's leading association of professionals dedicated to the advancement and promotion of research and knowledge in supply chain management. With over 9,000 members representing most industry, government, and education sectors in 67 countries, CSCMP
  • Systematic Production.

    Systematic Production.

    Study between manpower and modern techniques. (Ludwig von Bertalanffy) This theory emerged with the works of the German biologist Ludwing Von Bertalonffy, published between 1950 and 1968. The general theory of systems affirms that the properties of the systems cannot separate their elements, since the understanding of a system occurs only when they are studied globally, involving all the interdependencies of its parts.
  • Birth of Reverse Logistics

    Birth of Reverse Logistics

    Since the birth of the term Reverse Logistics, attributed to Luttwark in 1971, the main idea of ​​the concept was the “recovery of products from customers through after-sales service”. "Reverse Logistics is the set of activities related to the handling and management of equipment for the recovery of products, components, materials or even complete technical systems (by default, only the term products is generally used)" (Brito et al., 2002).
  • The Function of Logistics.

    The Function of Logistics.

    The role of logistics is the planning and management of the flow of materials in the most efficient way between our suppliers and our final customers, including the creation and implementation of control and improvement systems.
    Within this great process, These are:
    1. INVENTORY CONTROL.
    2. OPERATING PROCESSES IN THE WAREHOUSE.
    3. DISTRIBUTION TRANSPORTATION. LAST MILLE.
    4. TRACEABILITY.
    5. REVERSE LOGISTICS.
  • Production process

    Production process

    As a production process, it is called the dynamic system constituted by a set of technical procedures for the modification or transformation of raw materials, be they of animal, vegetable or mineral origin, and that can use both human labor, machinery or technology. to obtain goods and services.
  • The new word "Supply Chain"

    The new word "Supply Chain"

    The term "Supply Chain" also known as "Supply Chain" entered the public domain when Keith Oliver, a consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, used it in an interview for the Financial Times in 1982. He took time to establish itself and stay in the business lexicon, but in the mid-1990's a large number of publications on the subject began to appear and
    it became a regular term in the job names of some officials.
  • Quality Control (Six Sigma)

    Quality Control (Six Sigma)

    From a statistical point of view: Six sigma is a metric that allows to measure and describe a process, product or service with an extremely high process capacity (accuracy of 99.9997%). Six sigma means "six standard deviations from the mean," which mathematically translates to less than 3.4 defects per million.
  • Introducing the APICS Dictionary

    Introducing the APICS Dictionary

    Tool for supply chain and operations professionals. (James F. Cox and John H. Blackstone)
  • Looking for Full Integration

    Looking for Full Integration

    Logistics integration is characterized by the continuous interaction of all activities related to logistics both between functional departments within the company, overcoming functional boundaries (internal integration), and with the areas of other members of the supply chain.
  • The Chain and the Cycle of Life

    The Chain and the Cycle of Life

    Aptos Product Lifecycle Management automates and streamlines critical processes for all participants in creating and managing their collections, while Aptos Supply Chain Management streamlines partner communications in a single, data-driven environment. cloud, accessible from the web and mobile devices.
  • The system called Supply Chain

    The system called Supply Chain

    The supply or supply chain consists of the planning, organization and control of those activities related to the flow and transformation of goods, from the conception of a product to the end user.
  • Increased Complexity.

    Increased Complexity.

    The exponentially declining cost of manipulating information remains a major transformation of our times and not only affects the supply chain. Today, we talk on Skype instantly. This change occurred within about 40 years, which is not in terms of human development. The barcode, for example, companies allows them access to a large amount of data to make decisions, maintain customer information, analyze costs and try to reduce