Logistics distribution centers mostly serve the company internally and provide services for the company itself. Logistics centers generally provide third-party logistics services to customers outside their own companies.
2. Different locations in the supply chain
Logistics center and distribution center are the core nodes of logistics network system, but their positions in the supply chain are different, with logistics center in the upstream and distribution center in the downstream.
3. The number of services is different.
There are fewer suppliers in logistics center and more suppliers in distribution center. Because the logistics center pays more attention to providing services to the upstream manufacturers of the supply chain, while the distribution center pays more attention to providing services to the downstream customers of the supply chain, in contrast, the upstream manufacturers are less than the downstream customers.
4. The scales of the two are different.
Logistics centers are generally large in scale and occupy a large area. However, the scale of the distribution center is flexible, but it can be large or small, and it can be built according to local actual needs, generally not too large.
5, different types and quantities of goods.
The goods in the logistics center are generally small in variety and large in quantity. The goods in the distribution center are mostly multi-variety and small batch.
Extended metadata:
Distribution is a function derived from transportation in logistics system, and it is short-distance transportation. It has the following characteristics:
1, short distribution distance and small radiation range.
2. Distribution is located at the end of the supply chain, which generally occurs near the end consumers in feeder transportation, while logistics involves the transportation of the whole supply chain.
3. Logistics is the product of commodity separation, while distribution is the product of commodity integration.
4. The fluids processed by logistics have the characteristics of few varieties, large quantity and few batches; Distribution has the characteristics of multiple varieties, small batches and multiple batches.
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