The word ‘logistics ‘means the term of management of services and goods flow from the origin point and the consumption point to fulfill the customers' requirement. The logistics definition is the combination of packaging, material handling, inventory, warehousing, transportation, security*(often) and information. It controls the sequence of supply which is important for the utilization of location and time. For the complex logistic production system, it can be planned and analyzed by simulation application named PLANT SIMULATION SOFTWARE.

The logistics definition has its origin in the Greek word logos with the meaning of speech, or reason, language, something that conveys information and the other word logistiki which means financial organization. But in France it has the meaning of channel to transport goods from one location to other. The definition of the word logistics in military was used to means the way of supplying good from the source to the receiving location through the location of enemies.

But in business, the logistics has the meaning of the way of the supply of good by which the requirements of the customers can be solved. It determines the path of transporting goods and many important information between the consumer point and the production or source point. It has the special term production logistics which gives the assurance of the supply of the high quality product in time, with security (for tax related products: like iphone, iPod, etc. which are for sale). Production logistics should be applied for the beneficial business and are applicable for new plans as well. This type of logistic has made the function of a production system easier by making the production in short batches to keep the market supply of the product, even to meet the demand of single consumer in the market.

Logistics management is the mixture if the management of the production and its perfect supply to the market, the effective flow of the products, the storage of the goods, the information for the legal approval for business, etc. The logistician is the professional connected in this logistics management field. It has also many other names like material management, business management, channel management, etc.

Warehouse management is also a king of logistics managements, based on its statistics and trends, unlike the real time job of warehouse control. Third party logistics means the involvement of the outside organizations in a logistics system. Four party logistics means the control of the whole process. There are also emergency logistics, logistics education which are the part logistics definition.