What is the meaning of logistics English

It's English about the specialty of the logistics industry.

Logistics (logistics) refers to the use of modern information technology and equipment, the items from the place of supply to the place of receipt of accurate, timely, safe, quality and quantity, door-to-door rationalization of the service mode and advanced service process. Logistics is with the emergence of commodity production, with the development of commodity production and development, so logistics is an ancient traditional economic activities.

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Logistics

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Speed of Logistics

Related ConceptsModern Logistics

E-Commerce Logistics

Logistics

Maritime Transportation

Status Quo of China's Logistics Development

Existing Problems

Top 100 Logistics Enterprises in the World Logistics

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Basic Functions

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Speed of Logistics

Related Concepts Modern Logistics

E-commerce Logistics

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Maritime Transportation

China's Current Development of Logistics

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Top 100 Logistics Companies in the World

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Logistics is a system for controlling raw materials, manufactured goods, finished goods and information. The term "logistics" can also be elaborated as "strategic logistics and transportation" or "strategic transportation" for its ultimate purpose. It is the physical movement of material from the supplier to the demander, and is an activity that creates time value, place value, and a certain amount of processing value. Logistics refers to the physical movement of material entities from the supplier to the demander, which consists of a series of economic activities to create the value of time and space, including transportation, storage, distribution, packaging, loading and unloading, circulation processing and logistics information processing and many other basic activities, is the unity of these activities.

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Logistics, English logistics, the original meaning of logistics (military}, China dug the canal is to transport grain, salt logistics activities, Zheng He went down to the West Ocean and the Silk Road is also for the import and export trade logistics activities. Traditional logistics achieves two purposes, i.e., the transfer of the geographical location of goods and the transfer of the storage time of goods, and these two functions must be realized through transportation and warehousing, which are not the same in different economic times. Domestic research results on logistics cases are world logistics classic cases, China logistics classic cases and so on. Sea container interpretation of a: Logistics is to meet the needs of customers, in order to minimize the cost of transportation, storage, distribution and other means to achieve the raw materials, semi-finished products, finished products and related information from the origin of the goods to the consumption of goods carried out by the planning, implementation and management of the whole process. Logistics composition: commodity transportation, distribution, warehousing, packaging, handling, distribution processing, and related logistics information and other links. The specific content of the logistics activities of the Beijing Rim Logistics includes the following aspects: user services, demand forecasting, order processing, distribution, inventory control, transportation, warehouse management, layout and location of factories and warehouses, handling, purchasing, packaging, intelligence information. Explanation 2: In China's national standard "logistics terminology" in the definition of: logistics is "goods from the supply to the receiving end of the physical flow, according to the actual needs of transportation, storage, loading and unloading, handling, packaging, distribution processing, distribution, information processing and other basic functions to implement the organic combination to achieve the process of the user's requirements." Explanation three: logistics "thing" is material material material world at the same time with material entity characteristics and can be physical displacement of that part of the material material. "Flow" is physical movement, this movement has its own limited meaning, is to the earth as a reference system, relative to the earth and the physical movement, called "displacement". The scope of the flow can be a large area of geography, or it can be a microscopic movement, a small displacement, in the same geographical area, in the same environment. The combination of "things" and "flows" is a higher form of movement based on natural movement. Their interconnection is a search for laws of movement between economic purposes and physical objects, between military purposes and physical objects, and even between certain social purposes and physical objects. Therefore, logistics is not only a combination of "things" and "flow" under the above mentioned limited conditions, but more importantly, it is a combination limited to military, economic and social conditions, and it is a way to observe the transportation of things from the military, economic and social perspectives to achieve certain military, economic and social requirements. social requirements. Explanation IV: stream : in the chemical production process, the need for chemical or physical changes in the material is often in a gaseous or liquid state to participate in the production process, and pipeline transportation, so as to participate in the process of raw materials, intermediates, products, etc. is called logistics. Solid materials that are continuously added or discharged during continuous operation can also be called logistics. Explanation V: logistics 7R: modern logistics management can be summarized as the pursuit of the goal of "7R": the appropriate amount (right quantity) of the appropriate product (right product), at the right time (right time) and the right place (right place), in the right conditions (right place), to the right place. The right product (right product), at the right time (right time) and the right place (right place), with the right conditions (right condition), the right quality (right quality) and the right cost (right cost) delivered to the customer. Specifically, by strengthening the logistics system management can be realized "7S". (1) service (service) goal (2) fast (speed) goal (3) saving (space saving) goal (4) scale optimization (scale optimization) goal (5) inventory (stock control) goal (6) safety (safe) goal (7) total cost (sum cost) goal (6) total cost (minimum) goal Explanation 6. Explanation 6: Logistics refers to the physical movement of material from the supplier to the demander, mainly to create the value of time and and place value and sometimes also to create a certain processing value of the activity. Explanation VII: Logistics is the process of a link in the supply chain to meet customer needs by planning, implementing and controlling the efficient flow and storage of goods, providing relevant information from the starting point of the consumption of information services. Logistics Management Logistics management refers to the process of social reproduction, according to the law of physical flow of material information, the application of the basic principles of management and scientific methods, planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating, controlling and supervising the logistics activities, so that the logistics activities to achieve the best coordination and cooperation, in order to reduce the logistics costs, improve logistics efficiency and economic benefits. Nowadays, the professional knowledge of logistics management is used in trade, connecting the whole world The origin of logistics The word "Distribution" first appeared in the U.S.A. In 1921, Archie Shaw wrote in "Several aspects of market distribution", which is the first time in the world that the term "distribution" was used. In 1921, Archie Shaw, in his book "Some Problems in Market Distribution", suggested that "the logistics network of things is a different problem from the creation of needs" and mentioned that "the transfer of materials through time or space creates added value". Here, the transfer in time and space refers to the logistics of the sales process. In 1918, during the First World War, Lord Liverham of Jutney Lever in the United Kingdom established the "Immediate Delivery Company Limited". The purpose of the company was to deliver goods to wholesalers, retailers, and users nationwide in a timely manner, a move that was hailed by some logistics scholars as the "early documentation of logistics activities". According to the Japan Logistics Management Association, Japan's economy basically recovered to the pre-World War II level after the 1950s. Enterprises invested in large-scale equipment and upgrades, and the level of technology continued to improve, with productivity rising sharply. 1955 saw the establishment of the Productivity Headquarters, which, in order to improve the productivity of the circulation sector and ensure the smooth operation and development of the economy, organized a large-scale mission headed by Michio Izawa in the fall of 1956 to study logistics in the United States. Upon returning to Japan, the Japanese delegation made recommendations to the government to emphasize logistics, and started the PD enlightenment movement in the industrial sector. The PD Research Society was established within the Japan Noh Society, and Mr. Naoto Hirahara (Director of the Stevedoring Research Institute, President of the Japan Stevedoring Association, and known as the "Father of Logistics" in Japan) was invited to serve as its president, and PD seminars were held every month; at the Institute of Circulation Economics, Prof. Chuji Hayashi, an authoritative Japanese logistics scholar, and others organized PD research societies, and various forms of enlightenment were actively conducted. At the Institute of Distribution Economics, Prof. Shuji Hayashi, a leading Japanese logistics scholar, and others organized the PD Research Society and actively conducted various forms of educational activities. After 8 years of efforts, the Japanese government finally started to pay attention to PD in 1964. The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) invited Mr. Naoto Hirahara several times to government offices to explain the importance of PD and to give lectures to government officials. In July of the same year, when the Ministry of International Trade and Industry decided to discuss the logistics budget, it was worried that the Japanese would not understand what the press was saying about PD, so it invited Mr. Hirahara to discuss the matter with Mr. Uchiyama Kyuwan (a special director of Nippon Express Co., Ltd.). Mr. Uchiyama thought that the "P" in PD, i.e. Physical, did not mean "material" but "physical". Distribution means "circulation", so PD should be translated as "physical distribution", but we felt that as a noun, the words "physical distribution" were too many and too long, so we had to abbreviate it. However, we feel that as a noun, "physical circulation" is too many words and too long, so we have to reduce it to "circulation of things". As a result, the new term "circulation of goods" was published in the media throughout Japan. Since then, the term "circulation of goods" has become a household word in Japan, and everyone knows it. The Industrial Structure Committee established the "Distribution of Goods Sub-Committee", and one of the largest logistics organizations in Japan, the "Japan Distribution of Goods Association", was established in 1970. In the same year, another similar logistics organization was established in Japan, and the annual logistics conference held by the Japan Logistics Management Association (JLMA) was also called the "National Conference on Physical Distribution". After 1970, many people thought that "distribution of goods" was a bit long, so it was simply shortened to "logistics". The term "logistics" is still used in Japan today. Logistics is more popularly translated as logistics

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The basic functions of logistics refer to the basic capabilities that logistics activities should have as well as the effective combination of the best logistics activities to form the overall function of logistics, in order to achieve the ultimate economic purpose of logistics. 1.Packaging 2.Handling 3.Transportation 4.Storage and Custody 5.Circulation Processing 6.Distribution 7.Recycling and Disposal of Used and Waste Materials 8.Intelligence and Information The so-called basic functions of logistics means that logistics activities are unique and different from other economic activities and functions. The content of the basic function of logistics is to carry out the commodity entity directed movement. This is the *** nature of logistics. Regardless of which social form, as long as there is the existence of commodity exchange, business flow and logistics will inevitably occur. Of course, the commodity exchange mentioned here is the commodity exchange in a broad sense. That is, including the commercial system of commodity circulation, including the material system of commodity circulation, but also includes different economic components of the main body of operation in the market for commodity circulation. Logistics in different social conditions, but also show different characteristics. As far as logistics itself is concerned, it is subject to both the condition of productive forces and the nature of production relations and social system. In capitalist society, the purpose of logistics activities, fundamentally subordinate to the capitalist class to maximize the profit of this goal; logistics development by the socialization of production and the private possession of the means of production of this contradiction in the constraints, showing obvious disorder and irrationality. However, it should be seen that in the process of capitalist economic development, the development of logistics has a pioneering, forward-looking and scientific aspect. From the 16th century onwards, all capitalist countries have generally attached importance to the development of transportation industry, railroads, ships, highways, aviation and other commodity transportation development is relatively fast. After the Second World War. Governments pay attention to strengthening the macro-intervention of economic activities, so that the modernization, specialization and socialization level of logistics is constantly improving. Logistics management also has many advanced experience to learn from our country.

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Due to the different objects of logistics, the different purposes of logistics, logistics scope, scope, the formation of different types of logistics. Fourth party logistics (a) macro logistics. Macro logistics refers to the overall social reproduction of logistics activities, from the overall perspective of social reproduction to recognize and study the logistics activities. Macro logistics can also be understood from the spatial category, in a very large spatial category of logistics activities, often with macro, in a very small spatial category of logistics activities are often with micro. Macro logistics research is mainly characterized by comprehensive and global. Macro-logistics is the main research content is, the overall composition of logistics, logistics and social relations in the status of society, logistics and economic development of the relationship between the social logistics system and the establishment and operation of the international logistics system and so on. (ii) Micro logistics. Consumers, producers, enterprises engaged in the actual, specific logistics activities belong to the micro logistics. In the whole logistics activities, a local, a link in the specific logistics activities also belong to the micro logistics. In a small geographical space in the specific logistics activities also belong to the micro logistics. (iii) Social logistics. Social logistics refers to the logistics beyond a household to a social category for the purpose of social-oriented logistics. (D) Enterprise logistics. The study of logistics activities from the perspective of the enterprise, is specific, micro logistics activities in the typical field. (v) International logistics. International logistics is a modern logistics system is developing very quickly, the scale of a logistics field, international logistics is accompanied and supported by international economic exchanges, trade activities and other international exchanges occurring in the logistics activities. (vi) Regional logistics. Relative to international logistics, a country-wide logistics, a city's logistics, logistics in an economic region are in the same laws, regulations, systems, are subject to the same cultural and social factors, are in the same level of science and technology and equipment level. (vii) General logistics. General logistics refers to the logistics activities of the **** the same point and general, logistics activities, an important feature, is related to the whole society, each enterprise, therefore, the establishment of logistics systems, logistics activities must be carried out with universal applicability. (H) special logistics. Special scope, special areas, special industries, in accordance with the general rules of logistics, with special constraints, special applications, special management, special labor objects, special machinery and equipment characteristics of the logistics, are special logistics scope. 1, according to the scope of logistics is divided into social logistics and enterprise logistics: social logistics belongs to the macro scope, including equipment manufacturing, transportation, warehousing, decoration and packaging, distribution, information services, etc., public **** logistics and third-party logistics throughout; enterprise logistics belongs to the scope of micro logistics, including production logistics, supply logistics, sales logistics, recycling logistics, and waste streams. 2, according to the different fields of action, logistics is divided into the production field of logistics and circulation field of logistics: production field of logistics throughout the entire process of production. The whole process of production from the procurement of raw materials, will require a corresponding supply of logistics activities, that is, the procurement of materials required for production; in the production of various processes, the need for raw materials, semi-finished goods logistics process, the so-called production logistics; part of the residual materials, can be reused materials recovery, is the so-called recycling logistics; waste disposal requires waste logistics. Circulation area logistics mainly refers to sales logistics. In today's buyer's market conditions, sales logistics activities with a strong service to meet the buyer's needs, and ultimately realize the sale. In this market premise, sales are often delivered to the user and after-sales service is considered to be terminated, so the characteristics of the enterprise sales logistics is through packaging, delivery, distribution and a series of logistics to achieve sales. 3, according to the development of the historical process, will be divided into traditional logistics, integrated logistics and modern logistics: traditional logistics, the main focus on warehousing and inventory management and delivery, and sometimes the main focus on warehousing and transportation to make up for the difference in time and space. Integrated logistics not only provides transportation services, but also includes a lot of coordination work, is the management of the entire supply chain, such as land transportation, warehousing departments and some other distributors, but also includes order processing, procurement and other elements. As a lot of energy is put into supply chain management, the responsibility is bigger and the management is more complicated, which is the difference with traditional logistics. Modern logistics is the process of planning, realizing and controlling the management of effective flow and storage of raw materials, intermediate process inventory, final products and related information from the starting point to the end point and storage in order to meet the needs of consumers. It emphasizes the process from the starting point to the end point, improves the standards and requirements of logistics, and is the development direction of logistics in various countries. Large international logistics companies believe that modern logistics has two important functions: to be able to manage the quality of the circulation of different goods; the development of information and communication systems, through the network to establish business contacts, directly from the customer to obtain orders. 4, according to the main body to provide services, logistics is divided into agency logistics and production enterprises within the logistics agency logistics, also known as third party logistics (Third Party Logistics, 3PL), refers to the logistics services by the supply side of the logistics labor, demand for third parties outside the third party to complete the logistics service mode of operation. The third party is an external service provider that provides part or all of the logistics functions of both parties to a logistics transaction. Intra-enterprise logistics refers to a production enterprise from the raw materials into the factory, after a number of processes into parts, and then parts assembled into components, and finally assembled into a finished product factory, the flow of materials within the enterprise is called intra-enterprise logistics. 5, according to the different flow of logistics, can also be divided into inward logistics and outward logistics inward logistics is the enterprise from the production of goods suppliers into the product flow triggered by the enterprise from the market procurement process; outward logistics is from the enterprise to the consumer between the flow of products, that is, the enterprise will be the products delivered to the market and complete the process of exchange with consumers. Logistics constitute: commodity transportation, warehousing, packaging, handling, distribution processing, and related logistics information and other links.