What is the difference between supply chain (SCM) management and logistics?
Although many practitioners still consider the terms to be interchangeable, various academics and seasoned industry professionals have over the last twenty years succinctly distinguished between Supply Chain Management and logistics. Based on extensive consultation within Europe America and Africa, one supports the view that provides a clear distinction between supply chain and logistics management. Supply chain management involves the management of all the inter-linked activities within a value adding chain. These include but not limited to planning, procurement, manufacturing/production distribution and customer service. Also included are all value adding linkages outside an organization. Logistics management on the other hand is one of the elements within a supply chain primarily focusing on the actual movement and storage within the supply value chain. In line with the views of the CILT and CSCMP, I describe logistics as one of the mega processes within a supply chain that plans, i
