Logistics Information Management

Author: Chen Fuji compiled and edited
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Publishing Time: 2007-01-01
Features: This book is designed to meet the needs of teaching reform in the field of logistics management, effectively reflecting the characteristics of the discipline in logistics information management education. It adheres to the principles of fundamentality, systematicity, novelty, operability, and practicality, with the content primarily divided into four parts. Part I is an Overview of Logistics Information Management (Chapter 1), 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 is Logistics Information Technology (Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5), focusing 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 is the Development and Application of Logistics Information Systems (Chapters 6, 7, and 8), which covers logistics information system planning, feasibility analysis, system analysis, system design, system implementation, system maintenance, and evaluation, along with corresponding typical application systems and cases, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply chain management (SCM), and customer relationship management (CRM). The fourth part is Decision Support Systems for Logistics Management (Chapter 9), introducing 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, practitioners, and managers in the field of logistics.