The Construction And Management Of Military Virtual Warehouse

In recent years, the style of war is changed from the extensive general war into the small-scale local war gradually. The shorter wartime and more material consumption become the characteristic of modern wars. Therefore the operational efficiency of military logistics is crucial in promoting the manoeuver successfully. So various countries begin to improve the military logistics with modern logistics theory and technology, more and more countries integrate their military logistics resources with mature information technologies in order to improve logistic supportability. Military virtual warehouse is one brand-new framework and a supply chain system with quick reaction to military demand. Its operation management differs greatly from that of traditional military logistics. The flexibility of organizational form is key to its existence, its construction and management are beyond imagination. Because it must be provided with flexibility and control ability and avoid the differences between members with cohesiveness , in order to establish firm fellowship.The paper would set out from the background that military virtual warehouse produce, introduce basic theories, principle, method and technology of military virtual warehouse construction and management systematically. This should include its definition, characteristic, main function, organizational form and structure in the military virtual warehouse, the basic process of military virtual warehouse construction and operation, its management ideology and management content, some key technologies and theories needed in warehouse construction etc. Finally two typical cases are presented and the direction of future construction is expected.