George C. Thorpe

Thorpe helped define logistics as a distinct field of planning, which is how the word entered American management vocabulary. Writing at the Naval War College at a time when the term was little used in the US, he argued that the work of supplying, moving, and sustaining forces deserved the same study as strategy and tactics. Business later borrowed the word for physical distribution and supply chain work. When fulfillment teams talk about logistics, they use a term whose modern meaning Thorpe helped establish.

• Third-Party Logistics3PLAn outside warehouse that ships your orders

• Antoine-Henri Jomini1779–1869 · Military theorist who named logistics
• Brehon B. Somervell1892–1955 · Commander of Army Service Forces
• William G. Pagonisb. 1941 · Gulf War logistics general

1. George C. Thorpe (Wikipedia) en.wikipedia.org
2. Pure Logistics: The Science of War Preparation (Defense Technical Information Center) apps.dtic.mil