TOTAL LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT CONCEPT AND PRINCIPLES IN MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE
Abstract
Strong dynamics of social, political and economic changes in 21st century generates new problems the citizens, politicians and managers need to face. Significant increase in the variety and scale of the problems has been evident in the economic sphere, particularly in case of manufacturing companies. It resulted in the continuous search for better solutions to be implemented in company organization and management.
The analysis of academic studies in logistics indicates one of the serious issues is the existing knowledge implementation and its long-term improvement. Lean Supply Chain, Agile Supply Chain, Leagile Supply Chain, Flexible Supply Chain, Resilient Supply Chain, Green Supply Chain are some of the new concepts developed for the complimentary use in logistics. The legitimate questions arises whether the above-mentioned logistics management concepts could be combined into one coherent idea called Total Logistics Management.
The article presents the concept and assumptions of Total Logistics Management used as the 21st century manufacturing company management perspective.
Key words: concept, logistics, management, company, TLM