Before reading the ideas and concepts presented on the following pages, it should be understood that these are just small pieces of an overall approach to managing logistics & supply chain within an organization.

There is this saying that “reading a medical book doesn’t make you a doctor”.

The same applies to this webpage – on the one hand, I’m presenting here just a few potential chapters of a comprehensive Logistics & Supply Chain encyclopedia, and on the other hand, the actual full cycle, starting with the diagnosis up until the execution of the treatment needs to be mastered.

So, it is not recommended to take out one piece in isolation and start implementing it – the result could even have adverse effects to what was initially intended.

Secondly, the context of each possible treatment needs to be understood – which are the side-effects, which measures do blend well together, and which, if applied simultaneously, weaken each other’s benefits.

Another thing to be considered is the needed/available resources for executing a specific treatment.

Lastly (as it is with the doctors), the treatment's actual execution requires skills and experience. Not everything goes according to plan, and potentially while executing the treatment, a swift decision needs to be taken between alternatives how to save the patient.