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Distribution logistics covers all warehouse and transport movements of goods from producer to customer, and related information and control activities which are realized through distribution channels. Within these channels, there is predominantly a physical distribution which can be understood as a subsystem of distribution including all operations related with the physical movement of distributed goods. Optimization of physical paths is mainly possible through strategic distribution which is mainly engaged in the design of distribution system, design of warehouse network, choice of transport and handling devices etc. Physically, there is a distribution in network, where structure of entities in the network of suppliers, warehouses, cross-docks and customers is analyzed and optimized. Then, the distribution chain can be realized through nodes and segments, where nodes form a multiple of organization units of producer and of external providers who participate in the process of goods distribution, and segments are physical paths through which the goods move between nodes. In practice, there are extensive systems that cannot be analyzed using standard software tools. The paper shows possibilities of analysis using binary matrices.
Keywords: distribution logistics, analysis, extensive matrix, binary matrix© This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.