| Today, in an integrated global economy, logistics performs a very important role in the economic development and citizens' daily life of any country. How to improve logistics efficiency and reduce operating costs of enterprise has now been an important topic in the discussion of enterprise competitiveness enhancement. At the same time, Internet has entered the field of business relationship as a revolutionary power, while Internet-based E-Commerce are transforming ways enterprises do their business. The improvement of logistics efficiency depends more and more on information technology. As an integral part of E-Commerce, the informatization of logistics and specialized 3rd party logistics have now became a hotspot of attentions, discussions and practices for multinational corporations all over the world.It is apparent from the development of concept of logistics, the status quo of 3rd party logistics development, phenomenon showing the informatization of logistics and the increasing applications of advanced logistics information technology in the management of logistics, that the informatization of logistics is a inevitable requirement of the E-Commerce age. The informatization of logistics is the basis of modern logistics management and, without it, it is impossible to utilize any advanced technology or equipments in logistics. The application of information technology and computer technology in logistics will fundamentally transforms the status of world logistics.The logistics industry in China has undergone great development in recent years and modern logistics as an emerging industry has received widespread attention. Constrained by various conditions and limitations, however, informatization has now become the bottleneck of development of modern logistics in China. China began to speed up the development of logistics industry with its accession to the WTO. In 2001, in the guidance papers promulgated by China government agencies, it is specially emphasized and pointed out that "promote the modernization of logistics throughinformatization". How to enhance the level of logistics informatization is now an important subject facing every people who cares about the development of China's logistics industry.Basing on the development of world logistics and the status quo of China's logistics industry, the author extends discussion around the informatization of logistics in E-Commerce environment. The chapters are organized as follows:(1) The concept of logistics(2) Interplay between logistics and information flow(3) Logistics under E-Commerce environment(4) Information technology for logistics and the informatization of logistics(5) Case study on the informatization of 3rd party logisticsThis article begins with the introduction to the source and development of the concept of logistics as well as the status quo that various parties of logistics co-exist, accompanied by the rapid development of 3rd party logistics. The article then proceed to introduce the interrelationship between logistics and information flow, propose that in the logistics process, information promote and partly replace logistics, and demonstrate the features of logistics information and the electronic change of information in business activities. With this basis, the article further shows the relationship between E-Commerce and logistics and what constitutes logistics E-Commerce. The forth part of the article advances with the argument that under E-Commerce environment, the core of modern logistics is information technology; by detail introductions to current logistics information technology and various logistics information systems, the author, aiming at Is1, 2nd and 3rd party logistics, brings forward different implementation patterns of informatization of logistics. The fifth part of the article describes the story of how an emerging 3rd party logistics company implements its logistics informatization, summarizes all problems encountered and proposes respective countermeasures. Finally, the author envis... |
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