Logistics is the activity that plans, manages, and monitors the storage and shipment of goods in a supply chain. Its main objective is to manage all operations related to moving raw materials or products in the most efficient way possible.
When the logistics process takes place leading to a warehouse, it is called a supply channel, such as when an e-commerce store supplies products that it expects to sell; when it leaves the warehouse to go out to homes, for instance, it is then called a distribution channel.