Six stages of logistics development and modern logistics

Phase I: early Logistics

 

Logistics is carried out separately according to different functions and different places. It is only kept and transported according to the requirements of the production and sales department.

 

Phase II: individual management period

 

The emergence period of logistics cost consciousness. During this period, only the storage department or delivery department was trying to reduce costs.

 

Stage III: comprehensive management period

 

As an independent business, we began to establish a logistics management department and take measures to comprehensively solve the problem of optimal combination of various logistics functions. Here, production and sales are the premise of logistics.

 

The fourth stage: the period of expanding the field

 

The stage in which logistics affects production and sales. For the production department, the problem should be considered from the perspective of logistics in the product design stage. Put forward requirements on logistics efficiency, unified packaging specifications and flexibility of production plan; For the sales department, it puts forward requirements on the planning of accepting orders, the quantity unit of orders and the delivery date. At this stage, more and more enterprises pursue the "third profit source", which was regarded as the ultimate stage in the past.

 

The fifth stage: the overall system period

 

Logistics has entered a new era of small batch and multi variety delivery. In order to create a new logistics image, the whole company must reach a consensus. At this stage, a committee system with production and sales personnel as the committee members and the main leaders responsible for operation as the chairman is established. After the establishment of such a system, logistics has become a part of production and sales itself. The logistics department only needs to use logistics knowledge and logistics information to establish a logistics system.

 

The sixth stage: the period of integration of production, sales and logistics

 

As the first step, first compare the sales, delivery and out of stock of different commodities, inventory and purchase with the sales and production plan, compare the existing inventory with the benchmark Inventory (inventory plan), and carry out this work regularly. Find out the difference between the plan and the actual situation, put forward solutions, and revise the production plan, the related procurement plan and the logistics plan based on the production and sales plan. This revision is adapted to the sales situation in each period, including the revision of the whole enterprise operation of production and logistics, that is, we call the establishment of an integrated system with logistics information as the core.

 

Modern logistics

 

Modern logistics not only considers the distribution of goods from producers to consumers, but also considers the procurement of raw materials from suppliers to producers, as well as the transportation, storage and information of producers themselves in the process of product manufacturing, so as to comprehensively and comprehensively improve economic benefits and efficiency. Therefore, modern logistics is a strategic measure to meet the needs of consumers and unify the market conditions such as manufacturing, transportation and sales. Compared with the concept that traditional logistics only regards it as "logistics support system" and "playing a bridge role in sales activities", it has further meaning in depth and breadth.

 

In today's e-commerce era, the global logistics industry has a new development trend. The core goal of modern logistics service is to meet the needs of customers with the minimum comprehensive cost in the whole process of logistics.

 

Modern logistics has the following characteristics: the close combination of e-commerce and logistics; Modern logistics is the unity of logistics, information flow, capital flow and talent flow; E-commerce logistics is the combination of informatization, automation, networking, intelligence and flexibility; The standardization of logistics facilities and commodity packaging, and the socialization and commonality of logistics are also the new characteristics of logistics mode under e-commerce.

 

The continuous development of E-commerce makes the logistics industry rise again. At present, the service content provided by the logistics industry in the United States has far exceeded the services such as warehousing, distribution and transportation. Logistics companies provide more and more warehousing, distribution facilities, maintenance services, electronic tracking and other value-added services. Logistics industry providers are becoming customer service centers, processing and maintenance centers, information processing centers and financial centers. It is a developing concept to add new services according to customer needs.

 

Compared with the logistics industry in developed countries, China's logistics industry is still in the initial stage of development, and its main characteristics are as follows: first, enterprise logistics is still the focus of logistics activities in the whole society, and the demand for specialized logistics services has begun to show, which shows that the development level of logistics activities in China is still relatively low, Strengthening the internal logistics management of enterprises is still the focus of logistics activities of the whole society; Second, specialized logistics enterprises began to emerge, and diversified logistics services have developed to a certain extent. It is an urgent task for the development of China's logistics industry to go out of the logistics activity mode focusing on enterprise self-service and develop third-party logistics. On June 8, 2011, Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council chaired an executive meeting of the State Council, which studied and deployed the work to promote the healthy development of the logistics industry. The results of the meeting agreed that China must formulate and improve supporting policies and measures to promote the healthy development of the logistics industry, and put forward eight aspects to promote the healthy development of logistics at the meeting, which was issued by the Ministry of transport at the same time The notice on carrying out special cleaning up of toll roads further promotes the development of logistics in China.