Outbound logistics focuses on which activity?

• A. Distributing finished goods to customers.
• B. Receiving raw materials from suppliers.
• C. Recycling packaging.
• D. Inventory counting at supplier site.

Answer: (A)

Outbound logistics is about moving finished goods from the company to customers. It covers the activities that get products to the market: processing orders, warehousing, transportation, distribution across sales channels, and ensuring timely, accurate delivery and good customer service. This is different from inbound logistics, which handles bringing raw materials into the firm, and from reverse logistics, which deals with returns and recycling. Inventory counting at the supplier site is part of supplier-side inventory management, not the delivery of finished goods to customers.