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Logistics Management Trends

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Logistics management is part of supply chain management including the planning, implementation, control of the transport and storage of goods and services as well as related information from the place of origin to the destination, in order to meet customer’s requirements. The activities of basic logistics management include freight management for import and export, fleet management, warehousing, materials, order fulfillment, logistics network design, inventory management, planning Supply / Demand management, third service provider. At some different levels, the functions of logistics also include the search for input sources, production planning, packaging, customer services. Logistics management is an integrated function that combines and …show more content…

The implication of this trend is that it helps the trade among countries and regions in the world develops better and stronger, and it will lead to the appearance of new transportation, warehousing and assistant services. Following are some main trends in logistics and supply chain management recent years:
1) The application of modern information technology, e-commerce will increasingly popular and more extensive in the areas of Logistics: The global information network has been, and will have a great influence on the global economy. Logistics management is one of the most difficult fields, but it is a key factor for gaining the profitability of an e-commerce business( this method of business has become more popular in the world). The process and completion of customers’ order, delivery, payment and collection of goods that customers do not like ... are the main contents of logistics in the e-commerce environment. A adequate logistics system, suitable with the processes of e-commerce, to meet the demands of customers in the information technology era, is one of the main factors to have success in business. Thus, the application of information technology, e-commerce such as international supply chain management information system, radio frequency identification technology. .. will be more widely used in business, because the more quickly and accurately transmitted information is, the more effective …show more content…

It also includes strategies for developing logistics services. Over the past few years, areas of the ISCM have developed , becoming the bridge for the gap between supply-side efficiency and cost-sharing. Now SCM does not just involve "logistics management", which has been done in the past, but it also includes the management and coordination of activities, upstream and downstream linkages in the supply chain. Integrated supply chain management includes : planning and managing supply and demand; inventory management; inventory control; transportation and distribution efficiency; timely delivery and customer satisfaction; but it is not

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