• DocumentCode
    2186942
  • Title

    The Mechanism of Rural Business Logistics Operation in Mainland China: A Research Based on "Home Appliances Going to Countryside"

  • Author

    Zhang, Xi-Zhou ; Chen, Lin ; Liu, Jun

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Transp. Eng., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    24-26 Aug. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    The policy of “home appliance going to countryside” has been brought into effect at the beginning of 2008 in mainland China. How can the policy make people in country really satisfied with the service and really benefit from it? The key is to ensure the quality of home appliances service. As one kind of special services, logistics plays an important role in improving the competitiveness of the manufacturers and the standard of services. This article gives a research to the mechanism of Rural Business Logistics operation with the background of “home appliances going to countryside”. From users´ needs, transportation, delivery, reverse logistic and channel organization these 5 aspects, an intensive study of the rural business logistics operation are carried out and some useful methods to improve the rural business logistics are given.
  • Keywords
    consumer electronics; reverse logistics; transportation; Mainland China; channel organization; home appliances service; reverse logistic; rural business logistics operation; special services; transportation; Cities and towns; Home appliances; Reverse logistics; Transportation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Management and Service Science (MASS), 2010 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Wuhan
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5325-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5326-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICMSS.2010.5577746
  • Filename
    5577746