Goal
- The goal of Information Logistics is to deliver the right information product, consisting of the right Information Element, in the right format, at the right place at the right time for the right people and all this customer demand driven.
- If this goal is achieved, the knowledge worker is best equipped with information for the task at hand for improved interaction with its customers.
With other words, information logistics is about providing:
- the correct information product
- at the accurate point of time
- in the correct format / quality
- for the intended recipient
- at the right location
Methods for achieving the goal are:
- the analysis of the information demand
- intelligent information storage
- the optimization of the flow of information
- securing technical and organizational flexibility
The expression was formed by the Indian mathematician and librarian S. R. Ranganathan.
The supply of a product is part of the discipline Logistics. The purpose of this discipline is described as follows:
Logistics is the teachings of the plans and the effective and efficient run of supply. The contemporary logistics focuses on the organization, planning, control and implementation of the flow of goods, money, information and flow of people.
Information Logistics focusses on information. Information (from Latin informare: "shape, shapes, instruct") means in a general sense everything that adds knowledge and thus reduce ignorance or lack of precision. In stricter sense information becomes information only to those who can interpreted it. Interpreting information will provide knowledge.
These definitions explain what the Information Logistics is all about. The provision of information for the knowledge worker within the correct context, enabling him or her to make the right decision.
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