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Essay / Importance of Integrated Logistics - 2602
Integrated logistics encompasses a multiple of sub-disciplines, all of which must work in symphony, to enable customer satisfaction at the lowest cost, one bare value at a time for the business and for customer chains. of service logistics value proposition and cost minimization (Bowersox et al. 2013 p. 30). The objective of this article is to investigate the logistics and integrated flow of products and materials across some selected functions of the Australian Defense Force (ADF). supply chain. How item flows are processed, organized, managed, stored, transported and controlled, thereby identifying issues that may exist and giving advice or recommendations to better improve the performance of the integrated logistics pipeline, such as packaging and handling, transportation and warehousing.2 Australian Defense Force - logistics backgroundThe Australian Defense Force (ADF) is a department of the Australian Government for the support and protection of Australia and its citizens. As such, it has multiple business units (BUs) that are managed and autonomous to execute their tasks and operations. To achieve this, all BUs are supported in their needs and requirements to operate, maintain, operate and deploy efficiently by a giant logistics network that stretches the length and breadth of Australia. During the 1990s there was a push to merge support for the three services. (Army, Navy and Air Force) and integrate the supply of goods and services provided. This was to remove the triplicities of replication, through consolidation of assets and shipments thereby reducing costs, inventory review, reduction of operational disruptions thereby adding value to end customers with greater responsiveness, availability. ..... middle of paper... ...like all other industries in the economy since all have a logistical aspect to their operations. DNSDC modernization is the main concern at the moment. Modernization of infrastructure by adding greater automation to derive greater logistical added value in terms of service, responsiveness, availability and operational performance should be considered, and at the very least continued evolution in processing and the transmission of information should be the pillar to demand better performance and quality. For any organization to thrive and succeed in this sector, proper integration of logistics facets is inevitable, but only if it is logically thought through and implemented effectively, it will only add value to the change and reduce costs. It is indeed in this nature that Defense strives to improve its methodologies and applications to achieve a fully integrated logistics network...