• DocumentCode
    3537405
  • Title

    Study on operational mode of logistics enterprises in China

  • Author

    Sun, Minghui ; Ru, Yihong

  • Author_Institution
    Beijing Jiaotong Univ., Beijing
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    12-15 Oct. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1377
  • Lastpage
    1380
  • Abstract
    With the fast growth in China´s economy, the demand for logistics services has been growing significantly in China. China´s logistics service providers need to pay more attention to seek more potential business. The purpose of this paper is to study the operational mode of logistics services providers through the comparison between logistics demand and logistics supply. Based on on-spot investigation in Beijing and Tianjin, this paper analyzes the actual logistics demand from the companies and the satisfaction degree to logistics enterprises, then the available logistics service items came out. The discrepancy between the logistics supply and demand is derived, which provides suggestions for the logistics enterprises to select the reasonable operational modes and suitable logistics service items. Boston Matrix is used to analyze the research result.
  • Keywords
    logistics; service industries; supply and demand; Beijing; Boston Matrix; China; Tianjin; logistics enterprises; logistics service providers; logistics supply and demand; Companies; Enterprise resource planning; Inventory control; Inventory management; Logistics; Manufacturing; Sun; Supply and demand; Transportation; Warehousing; Boston Matrix; logistics demand; logistics service providers; operational mod;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, 2008. IEEE/SOLI 2008. IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2012-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2013-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SOLI.2008.4686615
  • Filename
    4686615