Similarities and differences between modern supply chain management and traditional logistics

At present, there are four typical views on the comparison between modern logistics and traditional logistics in China.

At present, when discussing the comparison between modern logistics and traditional logistics, Chinese academic circles mainly have the following viewpoints:

First, Comrade Ding Junfa, executive vice president of China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, believes that traditional logistics refers to solving the location difference and time difference between commodity production and consumption through the transfer of time and geographical location, while modern logistics is another concept, which is the sublimation and revolution of traditional logistics, and it includes the whole physical circulation process of products from birth to death. It is pointed out that the fundamental difference between modern logistics and traditional logistics lies in: ① Modern logistics is a process and a kind of management; ② Modern logistics requires that logistics elements can be integrated and quickly integrated to form a supply chain; ③ Only the development of information network technology can realize modern logistics; ④ Modern logistics has a symbolic thing, that is, the emergence of third-party logistics; ⑤ Modern logistics can greatly reduce the circulation cost.

Second, Dr. Liu Zhixue from the School of Management of Huazhong University of Science and Technology believes that [3], traditional logistics refers to the logistics activity mode formed by the storage, transportation and ancillary business of goods; Modern logistics refers to a comprehensive logistics activity mode based on modern logistics information technology, which integrates transportation, packaging, loading and unloading, handling, distribution, warehousing, distribution processing, distribution, recycling, logistics information processing and other functions. It is pointed out that modern logistics is a brand-new system concept, which includes the whole process of physical displacement of product life cycle, extends logistics to both ends, adds new connotation, and makes social logistics and