Abstract
In recent years, logistics companies of different sizes has been considerably developed all over the country, with the intensified competitions. To stand out in the competitive market, a logistics company must improve its logistics situation, focus on the function of distribution center, reduce logistics costs for enhancing the impact of supply chain, and rapidly response to customer needs. Thus, how to better design or optimize the existing distribution route for reducing logistics costs becomes a difficult problem, and this article will do some researches on it.
Highlights
With the huge business opportunity and potential of modern logistics industry, it attracts China’s attention more significantly
In the international market, the share of logistics costs in GDP is supposed to symbolize the strength of a country
From 1991 to 2001 the share of China's logistics costs in GDP has dropped from 24% to 19.4%, by 4.6 percentage points, it is still unacceptable that from 2002 to 2009 that has fallen from 18.8% to 18.1%, by only 0.7 percentage points
Summary
With the huge business opportunity and potential of modern logistics industry, it attracts China’s attention more significantly. In 2009, the State Council issued the Adjustment and Plan for Logistics Industry, setting a milestone in the history of China's economic development. With the publication of this government document, the “ logistics craze” occurred in domestic market: all kinds of new logistics companies were launched and the existing logistics companies accelerated the adjustments of their own long-term plan. In the international market, the share of logistics costs in GDP is supposed to symbolize the strength of a country. From 1991 to 2001 the share of China's logistics costs in GDP has dropped from 24% to 19.4%, by 4.6 percentage points, it is still unacceptable that from 2002 to 2009 that has fallen from 18.8% to 18.1%, by only 0.7 percentage points. This article will combine with a certain case and put forward a countermeasure with actual value and operability to save logistics costs
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