Logistics' Role in the Sustainable Development of a Multinational Company

Sustainable development supports the fact that social, economic and environmental challenges are connected, and their management requires an effective approach. In an enterprise, product logistics concern all phases of the production cycle, from raw material supply, assembling or spare parts at all levels of the manufacturing chain, transport, warehouse storage, and product sales. Logistics is an extensive field that includes several chapters, thus managing to be in close relationship with all the functions and departments of the enterprise, contributing to the increase of performance, the correct administration of data and goods, the organization of information and financial results. In this article I analyzed the role, impact, importance and what logistics supposed to accomplish for an automotive multinational company/corporation in Romania, located in Braila, but especially how it leads to the sustainable development of the organization.