The origin of logistics concept

The human society has the economic activity to have the physical distribution, only then the people did not have this kind of understanding and the text definition. Since the end of the eighteenth Century invention and the use of vehicles, the transportation industry is more developed, and promote the development of the logistics industry, from the goods shipped from to professional transport produced in addition to the third - party professional transport production and sales. At the beginning of 50s, the earliest foreign logistics will be called "Physical Distribution", referred to as "PD" and the distribution of goods, Japanese will "PD" translated as "the circulation" and "logistics", later known as the logistics, integrated logistics.

"PD" evolved into "Logistic", is the result of the Second World War, the United States in the military logistics supply system, the successful use of "logistics" technology in military logistics supply logistics created a precedent, military logistics English name "LOGISTIC". After the war, "Logistic" was replaced by "PD" around the world". The successful use of logistics in the logistics, the results so quickly this transformation in the industry, the western industrial developed countries will be "Logistic" for the industry, and English "Logistic" (logistics) as industrial production and sales of "logistics management", "Logistic" has become synonymous with logistics, and the continuation and spread in the world. Logistics is a real understanding of the World War II, about 50 years of history.

With the process of industrialization and social division and cooperation, manufacturers and merchants are the first party logistics, second party logistics is the consumer, transportation, warehousing logistics service started in third party logistics enterprises to become, become a professional logistics enterprises, to provide services for the production and sale of enterprises and consumers, also known as the third party logistics (3PartyLogistic). Logistics is a system engineering, production enterprises, sales enterprises and consumers, logistics service enterprises are three indispensable, only the division of labor and cooperation, joint efforts to develop logistics. In order to improve the economic benefits of the enterprise, the industrial enterprises in the production of technological innovation, strengthen management, the production cost of the product is very low. However, in modern industry, it is very difficult to carry out technological innovation, improve efficiency and reduce cost. However, in the process of circulation to reduce logistics costs has become the focus of attention, in the logistics cost reduction of 10 percentage points, making the product sales price, greatly improve the competitiveness of products. Therefore, the cost of production is far from reducing the cost of logistics. Therefore, the developed countries in the industry to study logistics, the establishment of specialized logistics research institutions, the development of logistics technology, and promote the development of logistics. 1980s is the peak of the development of logistics, especially in the middle of 80s, the use of electronic technology and computer application, information and communication network technology in logistics, modern logistics gradually show in front of people. Modern logistics is developed in recent years, its speed is very rapid, has aroused people's attention, and may lead to a social change. Containerization.