What is the basic concept of logistics

The basic concept of logistics refers to the general term of the physical flow process of materials and related activities. It includes not only the handling and transportation of goods, but also the related packaging, loading and unloading, storage and storage, distribution and processing. Logistics refers to the whole process of planning, implementing and managing raw materials, semi-finished products, finished products or related information from the place of origin of goods to the place of consumption of goods through transportation, storage, distribution and other means in order to meet the needs of customers and complete them efficiently at the lowest cost and high efficiency.

Logistics is a system that controls raw materials, finished products, finished products and information, starting from the physical movement that reaches the hands of the final consumer through the transfer and possession of various intermediate links, so as to achieve the clear goals of the organization. Modern logistics is the product of economic globalization, and it is also an important service industry to promote economic globalization.

1. Informatization.

In the era of e-commerce, logistics informatization is an inevitable requirement of e-commerce. Logistics informatization is manifested in the commercialization of logistics information, the database and informatization of logistics information collection, the electronic and computerized processing of logistics information, the standardization and real-time transmission of logistics information, and the digitization of logistics information storage.

2. Automation.

There are many facilities for logistics automation, such as barcode, voice, radio frequency automatic identification system, automatic sorting system, automatic storage and retrieval system, automatic guided vehicle, automatic cargo tracking system, etc. These facilities have been widely used in logistics operations in developed countries, while in China due to the late start of the logistics industry and the low level of development, it will take a long time for automation technology to become widespread.

3. Networking.

The basis of networking in the field of logistics is also informatization, which is one of the main characteristics of logistics activities under e-commerce. The networking of logistics is the inevitable informatization of logistics, the availability of global network resources such as the Internet and the popularization of network technology in the world today provide a good external environment for the networking of logistics, and the logistics network is unstoppable.

4. Changes in the physical logistics network.

First of all, the number of warehouses will be reduced and inventory will be centralized. Secondly, in the future, the main form of logistics nodes is distribution centers. Finally, the integrated logistics center will be integrated with the large distribution center.

5. Intelligent.

This is a high-level application of logistics automation and informatization, and a large number of logistics operations and decision-making in the process of logistics operations, such as the determination of inventory levels, the selection of transportation (handling) paths, the running trajectory and operation control of automatic guided vehicles, the operation of automatic sorting machines, and the decision support of logistics distribution center operation and management need to be solved with the help of a large amount of knowledge.

In the process of logistics automation, logistics intelligence is an unavoidable technical problem. Fortunately, expert systems, robots and other related technologies have relatively mature research results in the world. In order to improve the level of logistics modernization, the intelligence of logistics has become a new trend in the development of logistics under e-commerce.