Camparation of Logistics Organization Models under the Circumstance of E-commerce

In recent years, many new logistics organization models (LOMs) emerged at the tactical and operational levels. In order to provide a vehicle for dynamic modeling and analysis of logistics organization operations in vague and uncertain environments, we assess different forms of existing organizations when a store-based sales network coexists with a Web site order network. Three main organizational models can be detected: "store-picking", "dedicated warehouse-picking" and "drop-shipping". We compare the profit and cost of these different models throughout these logistics organizations. The results show that we can adopt an economic logistics organization corresponding to the size of the market.