Importance of supply chain management in international logistics

Supply chain management can optimize the operation of the supply chain, so that all processes of the supply chain, including workflow, physical logistics, capital flow and information flow, can operate efficiently at the lowest cost and deliver the appropriate products to consumers timely and accurately at reasonable prices.

It is an integrated management idea and method, which carries out logistics planning and control functions from suppliers to end users in the supply chain. From the point of view of a single enterprise, it means that enterprises can gain competitive advantage by improving the relationship between upstream and downstream supply chains and integrating and optimizing the information flow, logistics and capital flow in the supply chain.

Supply chain management is an effective management of enterprises, which embodies the optimization of the whole operation process in strategy and tactics. Integrate and optimize the business efficiency of suppliers, manufacturers and retailers, so that goods can be produced and sold in the right quantity at the right place, at the right time and at the best cost.

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International logistics

After World War II, international economic exchanges became more and more extensive and active. Especially after the oil crisis in the 1970s, the original transportation concept that met the needs of transportation necessities could not meet the new requirements, and it was during this period that systematic logistics entered the international field.

In 1960s, international logistics was formed on a large scale, and large-scale logistics tools appeared in logistics technology, such as 200,000-ton oil tanker and100,000-ton ore ship.

In 1970s, under the influence of the oil crisis, international logistics not only developed in quantity, but also strengthened the trend of large-scale ships. Moreover, there is a need to improve the level of international logistics service. With the development of international containers and international container ships as a symbol, liner ships on major international routes have been put into container ships, which has improved the logistics level of bulk goods and greatly improved the logistics service level.

In the middle and late 1970s, a new situation appeared in the field of international logistics, with a substantial increase in air logistics and a higher level of international intermodal transport. The trend of large-scale ships has reached a peak, with 500,000 tons of oil tankers and 300,000 tons of bulk carriers.

The outstanding feature of international logistics in the early and middle 1980s is that "fine logistics" appeared when the volume of logistics basically did not continue to expand and the level of logistics mechanization and automation improved.

At the same time, with the change of people's demand concept in the new era, international logistics focuses on solving the logistics of "small batch, high frequency and multi-variety". Modern logistics not only covers a large number of commodities and groceries, but also covers a variety of commodities, basically covering all logistics objects and solving the modern logistics problems of all logistics objects.

Another major development in the field of international logistics in 1980s and 1990s was the emergence of the logistics information and electronic data interchange (EDI) system for international multimodal transport logistics.

The function of information makes logistics develop in the direction of lower cost, higher service, more quantity and finer. This problem is more prominent in international logistics than in domestic logistics. Almost every activity of logistics is supported by information. Logistics quality depends on information, and logistics service depends on information. It can be said that international logistics has entered the era of logistics informatization.

In 1990s, international logistics realized "informatization" by the development of information technology. Relying on the Internet public platform, the role of information in international logistics permeates all related fields. At the same time, new information systems such as global positioning system and electronic customs declaration system have appeared. On this basis, an international supply chain has been built, and an international logistics system has been formed, which has further improved the level of international logistics.

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