'Logistics' definitions:
Definition of 'logistics'
(from WordNet)
noun
Handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed
Definition of 'Logistics'
From: GCIDE
- Logistics \Lo*gis"tics\, n.
- 1. (Mil.) That branch of the military art which embraces the details of moving and supplying armies. The meaning of the word is by some writers extended to include strategy. --H. L. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. By extension: The planning and coordination of the movement of materials, and other details of any large activity, such as a business or a political campaign. [PJC]
- 3. (Math.) A system of arithmetic, in which numbers are expressed in a scale of 60; logistic arithmetic. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'logistics'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accouterment,
- action,
- amphibious operations,
- armament,
- catering,
- chandlery,
- combined operations,
- dry run,
- endowment,
- equipment,
- finding,
- fitting out,
- fluid operations,
- furnishing,
- furnishment,
- investment,
- maneuver,
- maneuvers,
- military operations,
- minor operations,
- mission,
- movement,
- operation,
- operations,
- outfitting,
- overseas operations,
- preparation,
- procurement,
- providing,
- provision,
- provisioning,
- purveyance,
- reinforcement,
- replenishment,
- resupply,
- retailing,
- selling,
- staff work,
- subsidization,
- subsidy,
- subvention,
- supply,
- supplying,
- victualing,
- war game,
- war plans