Monday, January 9, 2012

International Logistics Center-ILC

International Logistics Center-ILC:

What is the International Logistics Center?

International Logistics Center is an international commodity distribution logistics activities in place. From the range of size, international logistics centers may be some small countries such as Singapore, Hong Kong is an international logistics center; it can be a particular region within a country, such as free trade zone, bonded warehouse, foreign trade warehouse and so on. From the practice of States, the international logistics center means more logistics services to government departments and enterprises jointly established with modern warehouse distribution management system, advanced information processing systems and computer-oriented logistics distribution center. Currently, many new businesses, especially high-tech manufacturing companies, global distribution and global third party logistics company built a number of international logistics center, many multinational companies in a global product distribution logistics center to be completed alone.

Main features include international logistics center transportation, storage, handling, packaging, distribution processing, logistics and information processing. Actual specific logistics center can be more or less, but must have its core functionality and core features extend up or down.

International logistics center in the market:

Domestic and international import and export cargo with different origins and destinations, international logistics center market can be divided into the following three markets:

1, re-export logistics market: goods imported from abroad, assembled by the logistics center and distribution to other countries customers.

2, import logistics market: goods imported from abroad, by the logistics center and distribution to domestic customers.

3, the export logistics market: the supply of goods from the country, the logistics center and distribution to foreign customers.