Discuss integration of shipping enterprise and the third-party logistics strategy

Author

Zhou, Yukun ; Zhang, Qingnian

Author_Institution

Sch. of Transp., Wuhan Univ. of Technol., Wuhan, China

fYear

2011

fDate

24-26 June 2011

Firstpage

8211

Lastpage

8214

Abstract

This paper analyses the present of domestic shipping enterprise, puts forward arrange and combine shipping enterprise by means of the third-party logistics strategy, in order to provide the best logistics service and reduce costs. In era of knowledge-driven economy, study on integration of modern shipping logistics system is one of important development problem that shipping enterprise face, only develop the activity of logistics effectively, transform into comprehensive logistics enterprise, the shipping enterprises of our country could regain the competition advantage.

Keywords

competitive intelligence; cost reduction; goods distribution; industrial economics; logistics; organisational aspects; sea ports; competition advantage; cost reduction; domestic shipping enterprise; knowledge-driven economy; logistics enterprise; logistics service; shipping logistics system; third-party logistics strategy; Cities and towns; Companies; Containers; Globalization; Logistics; Transportation; Integration; shipping enterprise; third-party logistics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Remote Sensing, Environment and Transportation Engineering (RSETE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9172-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RSETE.2011.5964065

Filename

5964065