Due to the growing complexity of coordinating the
supplement of materials and shipment of products in global
supply chain networks, logistics as a business concept was
evolved in the 1950s (Sutton, 2008).Moreover,
global enterprises require higher attention on the
environmental effects of their logistics activities. Logistics management is
one of the supply chain disciplines that plans, organizes,
implements, and controls the flow of resources (goods,
services and related information) from the point of origin to
the point of consumption in a way that meets customers'
requirements efficiently and effectively (Scholz-Reiter and
El-Berishy, 2012).Logistics involves an integrated approach
with the integration of information, transportation, inventory,
warehousing, material handling, and packaging, and recently
added security.However, enterprises are
facing new challenges while applying these methods.