The Analysis On Value Chain Of China Railway Oil Distribution And The Planning Of Information System

Railway is one of the major refined oil consumers in China. Facing the adjustment of domestic oil trading policies, the rapid change of the market structure and new big challenges coming along with the deepening reform of the railway system, the originally highly planned inner-railway oil supply and distribution system has to be improved timely.This paper takes Mike Porter's value chain as its main tool to study the operation of the inner-railway oil supply and distribution system. Key defaults are distinguished by analyzing the specific value activities and their effects on the whole value chain and the value system. Considering the changes of inside and outside environment, new ways of IT aided virtually integration and the harmonization of partnership in the market oriented environment are given to make strategic changes with the existing system. At the end of the paper, a primary information system planning contended with the planning principles and an overall structure is provided for the new supply chain system.