What is logistics

Logistics refers to fulfilling the planning, implementation and management of raw materials, semi-finished products, finished products or related information from the place of production of goods to the place of consumption of goods through transportation, storage, distribution, etc. at the lowest cost in order to meet the needs of customers. process. Logistics is a system that controls raw materials, finished products, finished products, and information. From the supply, the physical movement that reaches the final consumer through the transfer and ownership of various intermediate links, in order to achieve the organization's clear goals. Modern logistics is the product of economic globalization and an important service industry that promotes economic globalization. The world's modern logistics industry is steadily increasing, and Europe, the United States, and Japan have become important global logistics bases.

China's logistics industry started late. With the rapid development of the national economy, the market demand for the logistics industry continues to expand. Since the beginning of the 21st century, under the influence of the country's continued strengthening and improvement of macro-control policies, China's logistics industry has maintained a rapid growth rate, the logistics system has been continuously improved, and the industry's operation has become increasingly mature and standardized.

The so-called logistics company refers to the production and operation enterprises concentrating their energy on the main business, and entrusting the logistics activities originally handled by themselves to the professional logistics service companies by contract, and maintaining close contact with the logistics companies through the information system to achieve logistics. A logistics operation and management method with full-process management control;