Saturday, January 28, 2012

International Logistics Management

International Logistics Management-What is international logistics?

Logistics Logistics management is based on modern information technology, rational and efficient organization of the international movement of goods, with a minimum of cost-optimal quality of service to ensure that international trade and international production efficient and orderly conduct of the supply chain to maximize the create value for the price of customer satisfaction to provide quality products and services.


International Logistics Management - Content

Logistics management - include:

elements of the logistics management activities, namely procurement, packaging, distribution processing, storage, storage, handling and transportation, information processing and other aspects of management;

elements of the international logistics management system, that the general elements of the international logistics system, material management and other support elements, mainly human, financial, material, equipment, and other elements of management;

international logistics activities of the management of specific functions, including economic management, international logistics, international logistics and quality management and international logistics project management.


International Logistics Economics and Management

Logistics refers to the economic management of the international flow of material (including storage) as the main use of various management functions, the material flow process for the system of unified management, international logistics to reduce costs and improve the economic efficiency of logistics, that is, use economic methods to study, manage material flows in the international law issues.

International Logistics Economics and Management - basic elements:

(1) International Logistics program management.

International Logistics program management refers to the object of international production, distribution, exchange, distribution of program management throughout the process, that is, large-scale systems in the international logistics program management constraints of the international logistics process should be carried out every aspect of scientific program management, embodied within the system of international logistics plan preparation, implementation, and monitoring the whole process of correction.

(2) Statistics of international logistics management.

Statistics is an international logistics international logistics in the economic activity of the whole process of quantitative research. Logistics management is to statistical figures of the statistical analysis, research, and to identify problems, improve international logistics, improve logistics management level. It is the basis for economic management, international logistics work.

(3) the cost of international logistics cost management.

International total logistics costs and corporate profits, taxes together, constitute the total cost of international logistics. Under normal circumstances, the international share of total logistics costs accounted for the largest part of the international total logistics costs. Logistics costs can reflect the business activities of the state of the economy. Through the form of money can objectively evaluate the various aspects of international logistics activities in the different economic effects, the use of this scale logistics costs can be simple to conditions similar to the international logistics business activities of evaluation and analysis and comparison. Reasonable control of the logistics cost structure, strengthen international logistics management is an important part of the work.


(4) international logistics facilities management.
International logistics international logistics facility is defined as the entire process of material flow for all facilities services (such as transportation facilities, storage facilities, etc.), international logistics activities are an indispensable material basis. International logistics facilities is to ensure that material with the fastest speed and the minimum cost from the production quality and quantity into the field of international consumption, an important prerequisite. With the continuous development of social productive forces, the logistics enterprises to continuously strengthen the management of various supporting facilities, to pay attention to facility maintenance, conservation: innovation technology to supplement the existing facilities and improve the efficiency of facilities. Strengthen the management of various international logistics logistics facilities an important part of economic management.

Logistics - Quality Management
International logistics enterprises should establish a comprehensive quality concept. The quality of international logistics logistics object contains both the quality, but also includes logistics means, the quality of logistics methods. International logistics quality concrete includes the following:
(1) product quality assurance and improvement.
International logistics process is not simply a passive object to protect and transfer logistics, distribution and processing can also be used other means to improve and enhance the quality of goods. Therefore, the international logistics process in a certain sense, is the quality of goods "formation."
(2) logistics service quality.
We can say that the quality objectives of the international logistics, is the high quality of service of its customers satisfaction. Quality of service for the user's requirements vary, so be sure to grasp the international logistics and understanding of customer requirements, in order to improve logistics service satisfaction.
(3) the quality of the logistics work.
Logistics refers to the quality of various aspects of international logistics (such as transport, handling, loading and unloading, storage, etc.) and quality assurance. Improve the quality of work should be in international logistics handling methods, handling equipment, make great efforts on the facilities and equipment, such as the processing of parts should be fixed within the apparatus in the station, so as not to bump and so on. Quality of work and logistics service quality is associated with two quite different but the concept of logistics service quality level depends on the individual quality of work combined. Therefore, the quality of work is a logistics service quality assurance and infrastructure. Focus on the quality of work, logistics service quality will have a certain degree of assurance.
(4) international logistics project quality.
Logistics and quality not only depends on the quality of work, but also on the quality of the project. In the course of international logistics, product quality will be an impact of various factors (human factors, institutional factors, equipment factors, technology factors, methods, measurement and testing factors, environmental factors, etc.) collectively referred to as "project." Obviously, improving the quality of international logistics and quality management is the basic work, can improve the quality of the project, will be able to do the "prevention" of quality management.
International Logistics is a system, each link in the system of linkages and cooperation is very important. International Logistics Quality management must be emphasized that "prevention" clearly "prior administration" of the importance of the logistics process on a logistics process for the sake of the next one, it is estimated under a logistics process problems that may arise, and to prevent it.
International logistics quality management purposes, is "to provide quality services to meet the requirements" and "the most economical means to provide" between the two to find an optimal way to meet both requirements. Therefore, we must fully understand the producers, consumers, and other aspects of the circulation by the request, to analyze a really reasonable, acceptable to all aspects of the requirements, and in his capacity as management targets. In this sense, international logistics and quality management can be interpreted as "use economic means to meet their requirements to provide users with a means of quality logistics system."

International Logistics Engineering - Economics and Management

International Economics and Management, Logistics Engineering - object is not purely technical problems of logistics, the logistics are not purely economic issue, but the economic effects of logistics engineering problems, it can be said that the logistics technical feasibility and economic reasonableness of the problem, in essence, is the logistics and engineering research objective economic laws. Logistics engineering economic research task is to correctly understand and deal with technical and economical logistics between the dialectical relationship between technology and logistics that is looking for a reasonable relationship between the economy.

International logistics project economic evaluation criteria for "more, faster, better and cheaper."

"More": the number of international logistics requirements;

"Fast": the speed requirements of international logistics, international logistics, but also a basic requirement;

"Good": the quality requirements of international logistics;

"Province": the economic requirements of the international logistics;

In summary, you can use the "multi-stream, rapid, timely, accurate, safe, less damage, economic" seven principles to summarize international logistics "more, faster, better and cheaper" four requirements.
 
International Logistics Management - Step
Generally speaking, international logistics management, according to the order management can be divided into the planning phase, implementation phase and evaluation phase.
1, the management of international logistics planning stage
Action plan as a basis for some of the prior consideration. International logistics international logistics plan is expected to reach in order to achieve the goal of the preparatory work done. First, the international logistics international logistics plan to determine the objectives to be achieved, and to achieve this goal of the work carried out by the order. Second, analysis of goals in the international logistics process may occur in any outside influence, in particular, was a disadvantage, and to determine the response of these negative factors. Finally, that is, to work out the logistics to implement and achieve the goal of guiding the human, material and financial resources of specific measures.
2, the implementation phase of the management of international logistics
International Logistics program to determine the future, to achieve logistics goals, international logistics plan should eventually be implemented. Logistics management is the implementation of the ongoing activities of the international logistics management. Various stages of its international logistics management in a prominent position. This is because, at this stage in the planning and implementation will be tested specifically. At the same time, it also put international logistics management and the specific activities of the international logistics closely together.
3, the management of international logistics evaluation phase
Period of time, people after the implementation of the international logistics program results with the original goals of international logistics control, analysis, and this is the evaluation of international logistics. Through a comprehensive analysis of international logistics activities, one can determine the scientific nature of international logistics plan, a reasonable degree, to confirm the results of the implementation phase of the international logistics and shortcomings, and thus for the future development of new programs and organizations to provide valuable new experience in international logistics and information.
Evaluation in accordance with the scope of the different international logistics, international logistics evaluation can be divided into specialized evaluation and comprehensive evaluation. Evaluation refers to the specialized international logistics activities in a particular area or activity to a specific analysis, such as storage of material throughput in the completion, the completion of transport in ton-kilometers, the logistics of the equipment in good condition and so on. International Logistics is a comprehensive evaluation of the international logistics logistics management activities in a department or agency of a comprehensive analysis of the management level, such as a warehouse full of labor productivity, transportation costs a transportation department, a department of the various aspects of the logistics comprehensive analysis.
In accordance with international logistics relationship between the various departments, international logistics international logistics evaluation can be divided into vertical and horizontal evaluation evaluation. The so-called longitudinal evaluation of the logistics sector is on a lower level departments and agencies of the logistics activities of analysis, this analysis usually presents current completion and the completion of the previous period or historical comparison. The so-called horizontal evaluation, refers to the implementation of a logistics business in the same sector comparing the results of various logistics, it is usually expressed on a logistics department in which the level of the community.