Why Should Logistics Be Integrated Into One?

So-called Logistics integration It is the integration and systematization of the supply chain, which is centered on the logistics system, by the production enterprises through the logistics enterprises, the sales enterprises, and the consumers. It is an advanced and mature stage in the development of logistics industry.

The development of logistics integration can be further divided into 3 levels: the integration of logistics itself, the integration of micro logistics and the integration of macro logistics.

　　 Logistics self integration It means that the concept of logistics system is gradually established, transportation, warehousing and other logistics elements tend to be complete, and subsystems operate in coordination. Systematization Development.

　　 Micro logistics integration It means that the market main body enterprise improves the logistics to the position of the enterprise strategy, and appears as the link with the logistics strategy. Enterprise alliance 。

　　 Integration of macro Logistics It means that the development of the logistics industry accounts for a certain proportion of the national gross national product and is in the leading position of the social and economic life, so that the transnational corporations can gain economies of scale from the specialization of the internal functions and the improvement of the international division of labor. With the continuous deepening and intensification of market competition, the key to the establishment of competitive advantage of enterprises has shifted from the "first profit source" of saving raw materials and the "second profit source" of improving labor productivity to the establishment of the "third profit source" of efficient logistics system. In the 1980s, western developed countries, such as the United States, France and Germany, put forward the modern theory of integration, and applied and guided their logistics development to achieve obvious results, so that their producers, suppliers and sellers gained significant economic benefits. The economic prosperity of the United States for more than ten years is inseparable from the theoretical research and practice of logistics integration in the country, the strengthening of supply chain management, the improvement of logistics efficiency and the level of logistics in social production. The chairman of the Asia Pacific Logistics Alliance pointed out that logistics integration means using logistics management to enable products to move rapidly in an effective supply chain, so that all participating enterprises can benefit and make the whole society get obvious economic benefits. The logistics industry is highly developed, the logistics system is perfect, the logistics industry has become the leader and coordinator of the social production chain, and it can provide the society with a full range of logistics services. The development of logistics integration can be further divided into three levels: integration of logistics itself, integration of micro logistics and integration of macro logistics. Logistics self integration means that the concept of logistics system is gradually established, transportation, warehousing and other logistics elements tend to be complete, subsystems coordinated operation and systematic development. Micro logistics integration refers to the enterprise alliance that the main body of the market improves the logistics to the enterprise strategy. The integration of macro logistics means that the development of the logistics industry accounts for a certain proportion of the national gross national product and is in the leading position of the social and economic life. It makes the transnational corporations obtain economies of scale from the specialization of the internal functions and the improvement of the international division of labor.

Logistics integration is the development form of the logistics industry. It must be based on the full development and perfection of the third party logistics. The essence of logistics integration is a logistics management problem. Professional logistics managers and technicians should make full use of specialized logistics equipment and facilities to give full play to the management experience of specialized logistics operations so as to achieve the best overall results. At the same time, the trend of logistics integration provides a good development environment and huge market demand for the development of the third party logistics. From the perspective of the development of logistics industry, the third party logistics is sprouting up at the first level of logistics integration, but this is only a limited number of functional logistics enterprises. The third party logistics has developed rapidly at the second levels of logistics integration. Such as specialized functional logistics enterprises and comprehensive logistics enterprises appeared and developed very fast. These enterprises have developed to a certain level, and logistics integration has entered third levels. Germany, the United States, Japan and other advanced countries believe that the key to the integration of logistics and the development of the third party logistics is to have an excellent logistics management team. Managers are required to have higher professional knowledge and skills in economics and logistics, and be proficient in every discipline in the logistics supply chain, and the overall planning level and modern management ability are very strong. The theory of the integration of the third party logistics and logistics brings a rare opportunity and opportunity for China's state-owned large and medium-sized enterprises. That is, explore the third party logistics operation mode suitable for China's national conditions: reduce production costs, improve efficiency and enhance competitiveness.

The specialized logistics enterprises in China are mainly former large scale warehousing and transportation enterprises and Sino foreign joint ventures and wholly foreign-owned enterprises, such as China's storage and transportation companies, Sinotrans, Datong, DHL, Tiandi express, EMS, Wan Chao logistics, etc. In recent years, the turnover of each company is more than 100 million yuan, and its business scope covers national distribution, international logistics services, multimodal transport and mail delivery.