Logistics vs. Dispatch — What's the Difference?

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet the requirements of customers or corporations.

Send off to a destination or for a purpose

The aspect of military operations that deals with the procurement, distribution, maintenance, and replacement of materiel and personnel.

Deal with (a task or opponent) quickly and efficiently

The management of the details of an operation.

The sending of someone or something to a destination or for a purpose

(operations) The process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services and related information from their point of origin to point of consumption for the purpose of satisfying customer requirements.

An official report on state or military affairs

(military) The procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation of equipment, facilities, and personnel.

The killing of someone or something

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.

To relegate to a specific destination or send on specific business.

The planning and coordination of the movement of materials, and other details of any large activity, such as a business or a political campaign.

A written message, particularly an official communication, sent with speed.

A system of arithmetic, in which numbers are expressed in a scale of 60; logistic arithmetic.

An important message sent by a diplomat or an officer in the armed forces.

Handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed

A news item sent to a news organization, as by a correspondent.

(transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.

(transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.

(transitive) To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.

(transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.

(transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

(transitive) To rid; to free.

(transitive) To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.

To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).

To hurry.

To deprive.

A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.

The act of doing something quickly.

A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.

(computing) The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.

(obsolete) A dismissal.

To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

To rid; to free.

To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.

To send off or away; - particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.

To send out of the world; to put to death.

To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.

The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.

Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.

The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.

A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; - often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.

A message transmitted by telegraph.

An official report (usually sent in haste)

The act of sending off something

The property of being prompt and efficient;

Killing a person or animal

Send away towards a designated goal

Complete or carry out;

Kill intentionally and with premeditation;

Dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently;

Kill without delay;