Logistics Strategic Decisions 47 Figure 3.2 How logistics decisions are interrelated. Strategic Tactical Operational are the best known types of logistics tactical decisions. These decisions are often made by middle managers or logistics engineers and often with disaggregated data. 3.4.3 Strategic Decisions As mentioned earlier in this chapter, strategic decisions are business objectives and mission statements, as well as marketing and customer-service strategies. Therefore, they are long-term kinds of decisions made over one or more years. These decisions are made by executive administrators, top managers, and stockholders. The data at hand for such decisions are often imprecise, incomplete, and need forecasts. Strategic decisions are made to optimize three main objectives [6]: 1. Capital reduction (the level of investment, which depends on owned equipment and inventories)