With the beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway officially put into operation, the logistics and express delivery industry is looking forward to new opportunities
Modern logistics not only considers the distribution of goods from producers to consumers, but also considers the procurement of raw materials from suppliers to producers, as well as the transportation, storage and information of producers themselves in the process of product manufacturing, so as to comprehensively and comprehensively improve economic benefits and efficiency. Therefore, modern logistics is to meet the needs of consumers as the goal, the manufacturing, transportation, sales and other market conditions considered together a strategic measure. This is compared with the concept that traditional logistics only regards it as "logistics support system" and "plays a bridge role in sales activities", which has further meaning in depth and breadth.
Logistics refers to the whole process of planning, implementation and management of raw materials, semi-finished products, finished products or related information from the place of production to the place of consumption in order to meet the needs of customers at the lowest cost by means of transportation, storage and distribution. Logistics is a system that controls raw materials, finished products, finished products and information. It is a physical movement from supply to final consumers through the transfer and ownership of various intermediate links, so as to achieve the clear goals of the organization. Modern logistics is not only the product of economic globalization, but also an important service industry to promote economic globalization. The world's modern logistics industry shows a steady growth trend, Europe, the United States, Japan become an important logistics base in the current global scope.
Logistics management emphasizes the use of systematic methods to solve problems. Modern logistics is usually considered to be composed of transportation, storage, packaging, loading and unloading, circulation processing, distribution and information. Each link originally has respective function, interest and idea. System method is to use modern management methods and modern technology, so that all links share overall information, all links as an integrated system to organize and manage, so that the system can be as low as possible under the total cost conditions, to provide competitive advantage of customer service.