General Overview of Modern Logistics

Author: Wang Guohua
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: "The Complete Compendium of Modern Logistics in China" is a collaborative effort of over 200 experts, scholars, senior logistics management personnel, and technical staff from academia, industry, and relevant administrative departments in China. It fully showcases their abundant achievements in logistics theory research and valuable experience accumulated in logistics system construction, operation, and management. The Complete Compendium of Modern Logistics in China covers five aspects of both theory and practice in modern logistics: fundamental theories of logistics, management concepts and methods, logistics equipment and technology, logistics system planning and design, and logistics industry standards. It is the most comprehensive, content-rich, and practically applicable logistics reference tool available to date.
This volume, "General Theory of Modern Logistics," explores and summarizes modern logistics from various perspectives, including basic concepts, development history, fundamental functions, basic theories, basic application technologies, and the management of economics, quality, resources, and costs in modern logistics. It also examines international logistics and military logistics. Based on China's logistics practices over the past two decades, it summarizes and discusses technological advancements and innovations in logistics within the production sector. Additionally, it conducts innovative research on the modernization of China's logistics, such as the macro-level framework of the logistics system, micro-level logistics process reengineering, and the enhancement of corporate logistics capabilities.