{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Distribution logistics","description":"Freight forwarders, contract logistics providers, and trading companies rely on distribution logistics to move finished and commercial goods reliably from the point of dispatch to the end customer. The discipline covers network planning – warehouse locations, catchment areas, capacity sizing – as well as day-to-day operations: warehousing, order picking, packaging, shipment execution, and delivery monitoring. It differs from procurement logistics, which organises inbound flows of raw materials a","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/distribution-logistics-2","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-22T09:14:13.949621","citation":"https://wirtschaftslexikon.gabler.de/definition/distributionslogistik-36278","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/distribution-logistics-2","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Distribution logistics · Freight forwarders, contract logistics providers, and trading companies rely on distribution logistics to move finished and commercial goods reliably from the point of dispatch to the end customer. · Quelle: https://wirtschaftslexikon.gabler.de/definition/distributionslogistik-36278"}