Life distribution is a distribution facility with satisfactory service level. According to the definition of Chinese national standard "Logistics Terminology", a distribution center is a logistics place or organization engaged in distribution business.

Distribution refers to the logistics activities of selecting, processing, packaging, dividing and assembling goods according to customers' requirements in an economic and reasonable area, and delivering them to designated places on time.

Distribution is a special and comprehensive activity form in logistics, which is a close combination of business flow and logistics, including business flow activities and logistics activities, and also a form of several functional elements in logistics.