What exactly does logistics do?

What is logistics? Logistics refers to the whole process of planning, implementing and managing raw materials, semi-finished products, finished products and related information of commodities from the place of origin to the place of consumption by means of transportation, storage and distribution at the lowest cost.

Logistics composition: commodity transportation, warehousing, packaging, handling, distribution and processing, and related logistics information.

The specific contents of logistics activities include the following aspects: user service, demand forecasting, order processing, distribution, inventory control, transportation, warehouse management, layout and location of factories and warehouses, handling, procurement, packaging and intelligence information.

2. What is modern logistics?

What is modern logistics? Modern logistics should not only consider the distribution of goods from producers to consumers, but also consider the procurement of raw materials from suppliers to producers, as well as the transportation, storage and information of producers themselves in the process of product manufacturing, so as to comprehensively improve economic benefits and efficiency. Therefore, modern logistics is a strategic measure to meet the needs of consumers and unify the market conditions such as manufacturing, transportation and sales. Compared with traditional logistics, it only regards it as a concept of "logistics support system" and "acting as a bridge in sales activities", which has further meaning in depth and breadth.

In today's e-commerce era, the global logistics industry has a new development trend. The core goal of modern logistics service is to meet the needs of customers with the minimum comprehensive cost in the whole logistics process.

Modern logistics has the following characteristics: the close combination of e-commerce and logistics; Modern logistics is the unity of logistics, information flow, capital flow and talent flow; E-commerce logistics is a combination of informationization, automation, networking, intelligence and flexibility; Standardization of logistics facilities and commodity packaging, socialization and assimilation of logistics are also new characteristics of logistics mode under e-commerce.

The continuous development of e-commerce makes the logistics industry rise again. At present, the services provided by the logistics industry in the United States have far exceeded those provided by warehousing, distribution and transportation. Logistics companies provide more and more warehousing, distribution facilities, maintenance services, electronic tracking and other value-added services. Logistics service providers are becoming customer service centers, processing and maintenance centers, information processing centers and financial centers. Adding new services according to customers' needs is an evolving concept.

Compared with the logistics industry in developed countries, the logistics industry in China is still in the primary stage of development. The main characteristics of its development are: first, enterprise logistics is still the focus of logistics activities in the whole society, and the demand for specialized logistics services begins to appear, which shows that the development level of logistics activities in China is still relatively low, and strengthening internal logistics management is still the focus of logistics activities in the whole society; Second, specialized logistics enterprises began to appear, and diversified logistics services developed to a certain extent. It is an urgent task for the development of China's logistics industry to step out of the logistics activity mode based on enterprise self-service and develop third-party logistics.