If we think for a moment about our favorite store or restaurant, the concept of logistics may not come to mind at first. But when you consider how exactly this establishment obtains the food and materials it needs for its day-to-day operations, the importance of logistics to our consumer lifestyle is undeniable.
Logistics in simple words is the management of the processes of transferring goods or services from suppliers to consumers. In addition, the goal of logistics is to obtain the required amount of product at the lowest cost in a certain place and at a certain time.
These activities include procurement, shipping, warehousing, material handling, protective packaging, inventory control, manufacturing orders, demand forecasting, marketing and customer service.
Knowledge of logistics is necessary for people of different professions, especially a food technologist. Because food logistics is a wide range of activities associated with the efficient movement of raw materials from the source of supply to the beginning of the production line and finished products or semi-finished products, from the end of the production line to the point of consumption, according to customer requirements. Since a food technologist is a specialist responsible for the quality of food products at all stages: from receiving raw materials to packaging finished products, he must be competent in improving work productivity.
Based on the formulation of the problem, one can understand that it can be completely solved only with the help of logistics. Because logistics, being inextricably linked with the production and economic activities of the enterprise, allows you to reduce costs or insure risks, for example, the risk of overstocking or shortage of finished products in warehouses.
And in conclusion, I want to say that logistics plays an important role in my profession, because, ultimately, it depends on the actions of this service whether the customer will receive my product or not.
