logistics
/ləʊˈdʒɪstɪks/plural noun
treated as sing. or pl.
1- the detailed coordination of a complex operation involving many people, facilities, or supplies后勤:
the logistics of a large-scale rock show demand certain necessities.
大型摇滚乐表演的后勤工作必须具备某些不可缺少的东西。
1.1
- the commercial activity of transporting goods to customers物流; 货物配送。
词源
late 19th cent. (in the sense movement and supplying of troops and equipment): from French logistique, from loger 'lodge'.