# Trade logistics

*Last updated: 2026-06-22*

> Ensuring product availability, throughput speed, and cost efficiency – that is the core task of trade logistics.

Ensuring product availability, throughput speed, and cost efficiency – that is the core task of trade logistics. It coordinates all physical and information flows along the supply chain wherever finished goods move from manufacturer through intermediary traders to end customers, covering procurement, warehousing, transportation, and distribution. Unlike production logistics, which governs in-plant manufacturing flows, trade logistics deals exclusively with finished merchandise. Retailers, wholesale companies, and e-commerce operators are its typical principals; freight forwarders and contract logistics providers implement the operational concepts. In practice, this means continuously optimising inventory levels, delivery frequencies, and transport networks in line with the commercial requirements of trading companies.

**Source:** [https://wirtschaftslexikon.gabler.de/Definition/handelslogistik-43608](https://wirtschaftslexikon.gabler.de/Definition/handelslogistik-43608)

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Term | Trade logistics |
| Language | EN |
| Word count | 103 |
| Last updated | 2026-06-22 |
| Source | https://wirtschaftslexikon.gabler.de/Definition/handelslogistik-43608 |

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