No matter where in the world you look onto Bosch, logistics is an elementary process in all plants and divisions – at three different levels:

• Procurement logistics ensure that materials are regularly ordered from our supply partners and forwarded to our plants in due time.
  
  
• Configuring the material flows within the plants and providing the production and assembly lines with just the materials they need is the responsibility of production logistics.
  
  
• Distribution logistics is responsible for keeping our promise of on-schedule delivery to the customer, for example in ensuring direct delivery, on a quarter-hourly basis to the automotive manufacturer's assembly line.

The image of a common thread does not only apply to the material flow but also to the planning process over the entire supply chain - starting with the receipt of customer call-offs and determining market demand, continuing with the generation of production orders and information to our suppliers of material requirements, ending with the management of production and dispatch.