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INBOUND GOODS [2 records]

Record 1 1997-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
  • Foreign Trade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

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Record 2 1990-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inventory and Material Management
DEF

The management of all inbound and outbound materials, parts, supplies, and finished goods.

CONT

Logistics consists of the integrated management of purchasing, transportation and storage on a functional basis. On a channel basis, logistics consists of the management of the pre-production, in-production, and post-production channels. The term logistics should be distinguished from physical distribution in that the latter normally applies to only the post-production channel.

OBS

Standardized by CGSB.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
DEF

Gestion de toutes les matières qui entrent et qui sortent, des pièces, des fournitures et des produits finis.

CONT

La logistique consiste en la gestion intégrée des achats, du transport et de l'entreposage sur une base fonctionnelle. Pour ce qui est des canaux de distribution, la logistique consiste en la gestion des canaux de pré-production, de production en cours et de post-production. La logistique se distingue de la distribution physique en ce que cette dernière s'applique habituellement seulement aux canaux de post-production.

OBS

Normalisé par l'ONGC.

Spanish

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