Title :
Research on Chinese logistics company challenge
Author_Institution :
Guangdong Univ. of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China
Abstract :
The rapid development of mobile commerce (m-commerce) has profound influence on logistics industry. This article draws a conclusion that main m-commerce applications in logistics industry include cargo tracking, mobile inventory management, vehicle positioning. Then, we think traditional logistics has entered the stage of electronic commerce logistics and is turning into the stage of m-commerce logistics gradually after analyzing relation between m-commerce and logistics. At the same time, this article is to review companies´ internationalisation procedures from a logistics perspective, find out challenges of setting up international logistics networks and problems logistics managers must face when entering specific markets.
Keywords :
electronic commerce; goods distribution; logistics; China; cargo tracking; electronic commerce; logistics company; m-commerce; mobile commerce; mobile inventory management; vehicle positioning; Assembly; Business; Communication industry; Computer industry; Costs; Dispatching; Logistics; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Vehicles; application; challenges; international logistics; logistics industry; mobile commerce;
Conference_Titel :
Computing, Communication, Control, and Management, 2009. CCCM 2009. ISECS International Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
Sanya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4247-8
DOI :
10.1109/CCCM.2009.5267451