--- title: Logistics description: Logistics is the detailed coordination and movement of resources, goods, and information from origin to consumption. Learners will understand transportation management, warehousing, distribution networks, order fulfillment processes, and how to optimize delivery times while minimizing operational costs. category: business-entrepreneurship subcategory: operations-management difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/logistics --- # Logistics Logistics is the detailed coordination and movement of resources, goods, and information from origin to consumption. Learners will understand transportation management, warehousing, distribution networks, order fulfillment processes, and how to optimize delivery times while minimizing operational costs. ## Available Resources 3 Books • 3 Courses • 4 Websites ## Courses ### 1. Supply Chain Management: A Learning Perspective **Author:** Bowon Kim KAIST course on supply chains as value chains linking suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and consumers. It covers coordination, information flow, and leadership roles across the chain, framed around long-term capability building, so learners can analyse how products and services are made and delivered efficiently. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.coursera.org/learn/supply-chain-management **Tags:** supply-chain-management, value-chain, operations-management, logistics, coordination ### 2. Supply Chain Logistics Have you ever wondered how goods get delivered to us so quickly as soon as we order them? One word: Logistics! In this introductory Supply Chain Logistics course, I will take you on a journey to this fascinating backbone of global trade. We cover the three major building blocks of logistics networks: transportation, warehousing, and inventory. After completing this course, you will be able to differentiate the advantages and disadvantages of different modes of transportation. You will understand what goes into designing and setting up a warehousing facility. Finally, you will be able to select the options that enable you to develop logistics networks, that minimize costs and deliver top customer service. This is an introductory course designed to provide you with a start on your learning journey in logistics. You do not need to have any background in logistics, but it would be beneficial if you had a basic understanding of business concepts. Join me and we will learn together about logistics! Interested in learning advanced supply chain topics? Check out the Supply Chain Excellence MasterTrack™ Certificate: https://www.coursera.org/mastertrack/supply-chain-excellence-rutgers **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.coursera.org/learn/supply-chain-logistics **Tags:** logistics, transportation-modes, warehousing, inventory-management, logistics-networks ### 3. Advanced Logistics Management Learn fundamental concepts regarding the flow of goods and materials throughout the supply chain. Starting from procurement and continuing with logistics; including the management of inventory, transportation and facilities in the distribution network ​- part of the ISCEA CSCA - Certified Supply Chain Analyst - Internationally Recognized Certificate. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.edx.org/learn/procurement/international-supply-chain-education-alliance-procurement-and-logistics-management **Tags:** courses, business-entrepreneurship, operations-management ## Websites ### 1. Logistics Management Monthly trade magazine published since 1962 for logistics, transportation, and distribution professionals. Free articles cover freight markets, carrier rates, warehousing, and annual industry surveys, helping readers follow current conditions and practices across the North American logistics sector. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.logisticsmgmt.com/ **Tags:** logistics, freight-transportation, warehousing, supply-chain-news, trade-publication ### 2. Supply Chain Dive Daily trade journalism from Industry Dive covering procurement, logistics, manufacturing, and regulatory shifts affecting global supply chains. Following it builds working awareness of how tariffs, disruptions, and carrier capacity move through real corporate operations. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.supplychaindive.com/ **Tags:** supply chain, news, logistics, procurement, industry trends ### 3. ASCM (APICS) Professional body behind the CPIM, CSCP, and CLTD certifications, offering standards such as SCOR, webinars, and research reports. The site is the reference point for certification paths and the terminology employers expect practitioners to know. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.ascm.org/ **Tags:** supply chain, certification, apics, scor model, professional development ### 4. supplychainbrain.com SupplyChainBrain is a leading news and information resource for supply chain professionals, covering logistics, procurement, technology, and strategy. It features daily news, in-depth analysis, case studies, and resources such as webinars and podcasts. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://supplychainbrain.com **Tags:** websites, engineering-manufacturing, industrial-engineering ## Books ### 1. Logistics Management **Author:** David B. Grant, Douglas M. Lambert, James R. Stock, Lisa M. Ellram European edition of the standard Lambert–Stock–Ellram logistics textbook, adapted by David Grant. Covers customer service, transportation, warehousing, inventory, procurement, and global logistics with European case studies, giving readers a working framework for managing logistics as an integrated business function. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0077108949?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, business-entrepreneurship, operations-management ### 2. The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger **Author:** Marc Levinson A history of container shipping from Malcom McLean's first converted tanker in 1956 onward, showing how a standardized steel box reshaped ports, labour, factory location and global trade costs, and why the industry stayed brutally cyclical. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** $19.95 / £16.99 **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0691170819?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** shipping, containerisation, industrial organisation ### 3. Maritime Economics **Author:** Martin Stopford Stopford's textbook on how shipping markets work: freight rate formation, the four markets that move together, voyage and operating costs, fleet supply, and shipping cycles traced back to 1741. **Difficulty:** Advanced | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/041527558X?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** shipping, freight rates, shipping cycles --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).* View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/logistics