China Merchants Steamship Company Logistic Management Research (1873-1903)

This article object of study is China merchants steamship company's (1873-1903) logistic management, belongs to the Chinese modern economic history research area. The logistic is a new term, China merchants steamship company is in the historical studies domain old object, how writes the fresh idea is the paper's difficulty. First, this article uses the theory is opposite in the object of study is new, this article with the Material Flow theory from the technology, the management, the service, the economical four aspects studies the China merchants steamship company (1873-1903) physical distribution operative activity, four aspects four chapters of content form this article's basic frame; Second, this article obtains the conclusion is new, formerly studied to China Merchants Steamship Company holds the denial manner, this article studies thought that China Merchants Steamship Company has achieved excellent achievement in the same time's logistic management, holds the important position in the Chinese modern economic history. In addition this article also utilized formerly study few used material. Through to China Merchants Steamship Company's logistic service synthesis contrast research, I thought that in the Material Flow service's four factors: technology, the management, the service and the economy, the different time is with emphasis dissimilar, today's logistic enterprise when faces the Chinese and foreign compete should have the stress, the paper has certainly profits from the guiding sense.