Logistics Information Management

Author: Chen Fuji
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book is designed to meet the needs of teaching reform in the field of logistics management. It effectively reflects the characteristics of the major in logistics information management, adhering to the principles of fundamental, systematic, innovative, operational, and practicality. The content is primarily divided into four parts. Part I: Overview of Logistics Information Management (Chapter), which introduces the current status and development trends of logistics information management domestically and internationally, as well as the definitions, classifications, characteristics, and functions of information, logistics information, and logistics information management. It also covers the structure and application scope of logistics information systems. The second part, Logistics Information Technology (Chapters 2-5), focuses on the main information technologies supporting logistics management, including computer network technology, bar code technology, radio frequency (RF) technology, electronic data interchange (EDI) technology, global positioning system (GPS) technology, and geographic information system (GIS) technology. The third part, Development and Application of Logistics Information Systems (Chapters 6-8), introduces the planning, feasibility analysis, system analysis, system design, system implementation, system maintenance, and evaluation of logistics information systems, along with typical application systems and cases, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply chain management (SCM), and customer relationship management (CRM). The fourth part, Logistics Management Decision Support Systems (Chapter 9), covers the concept and composition of decision support systems, major decision support system models, data warehouse (DW) technology, online analytical processing (OLAP) technology, and logistics decision support systems based on these technologies. This book can serve as a textbook for logistics management majors in universities and vocational colleges, as well as a reference for researchers, application professionals, and managers in related fields of logistics.