Strategy vs. Logistics — What's the Difference?

Strategy (from Greek στρατηγία stratēgia, "art of troop leader; office of general, command, generalship") is a general plan to achieve one or more long-term or overall goals under conditions of uncertainty. In the sense of the "art of the general", which included several subsets of skills including military tactics, siegecraft, logistics etc., the term came into use in the 6th century C.E. in Eastern Roman terminology, and was translated into Western vernacular languages only in the 18th century.

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.

The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

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

The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of large-scale combat operations.

The management of the details of an operation.

A plan of action resulting from strategy or intended to accomplish a specific goal.

(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.

The art or skill of using stratagems in endeavors such as politics and business.

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

The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.

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.

A plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal.

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

The use of advance planning to succeed in politics or business.

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

The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship.

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

The use of stratagem or artifice.

An elaborate and systematic plan of action

The branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war