1.2.1 Logistics activities
Logistics activities are traditionally classified depending on their location with respect to the production and distribution process. In particular, supply logistics is carried out before the production plants and consists in the management of raw materials, materials and component parts supply as a function of the company’s production plan. Internal logistics is carried out in the production plants and consists in receiving and storing materials, in picking them up from the ware-house to feed the production lines and in successively moving the semi-finished goods up to packaging and storing the finished product. Finally, the distribution logistics activities are carried out after the production plants and before the market. They supply the sales points or the customers. In this schematization, the supply logistics and the distribution logistics are collectively called external logistics.