What does logistics industry do?

Logistics refers to the process of providing goods distribution, information flow, capital flow and service flow by using logistics technology and logistics facilities and organically combining procurement, production, sales, transportation and warehousing through the logistics division.

Specifically, the logistics industry includes the following functions and services:

1. procurement logistics: by optimizing the supply chain, ensure the timely distribution of raw materials and inventory control.

2. Production logistics: conduct benign and efficient management of the internal production process of the enterprise, and complete the manufacturing at the minimum cost of the enterprise.

3. Sales logistics: through reasonable logistics planning and distribution planning, ensure that products reach customers in time and accurately.

4. Warehousing and logistics: Establish advanced warehousing facilities and management systems to store, repackage and classify import and export goods.

5. Transportation logistics: Use various modes of transportation, including road transportation, railway transportation, air transportation and water transportation, to ensure the efficient delivery of goods to their destinations.

6. Order processing and information management: information technology is used to manage orders, so as to realize faster, more convenient and more accurate order processing and delivery services.

Logistics industry is a very important service in modern market economy, involving many problems such as energy consumption and environmental impact. Therefore, the development of sustainable and low-carbon logistics industry will become the future development trend. The development of logistics industry is closely related to the development of social economy. If the logistics operation is not smooth, not only will it be difficult for goods to reach consumers in time, but it will also lead to problems such as inventory backlog and capital retention, which will bring many problems to enterprise management.

In recent years, with the rapid development of electronic commerce, the logistics industry has been greatly promoted and developed. E-commerce platform provides a convenient way of shopping, and consumers can buy the goods they need anytime and anywhere through electronic payment. Logistics enterprises also innovate through price and time competition to provide high-quality logistics services. Services such as scheduled delivery, instant delivery and door-to-door installation are gradually becoming the standard of logistics industry, and the development of express delivery, logistics and other enterprises has also promoted the development of related industries to a certain extent.

The development trend of logistics industry is from traditional logistics industry to digitalization, informationization, intelligence and green low-carbon development. Digital logistics has broken the tedious procedures of traditional logistics operation. Information logistics manages data comprehensively and effectively. Intelligent logistics analyzes travel plans through a large amount of data to improve logistics efficiency. Green and low-carbon logistics closely combines energy saving, emission reduction and environmental pollution reduction with logistics.

In short, the logistics industry is an indispensable part of the modern market economy, and its development direction is digitalization, informationization, intelligence and green low-carbon development.