供应链中物流及信息流管理

供应链管理使企业在变化的市场环境中有效地与其它企业合作,取得集体竞争优势。本文首先讨论了后勤学与供应链管理的定义和之间的关系。本文认为供应链管理的核心是物流与信息流的控制。物流控制决策主要包括操作层次的库存补充和运输路径规划,以及战略层次的设施地点规划。信息流管理跨越部门与企业的界限将相关的应用集成起来。动态联盟协调各企业内部的生产经营活动,战略性地决定物流与信息流的构形。

Managing Material and Information Flows in Supply Chain

Supply chain management,closely correlated with logistics,allows firms to effectively cooperate with their partners,gaining collective competitive advantages in the changing markets.This paper begins with discussing the concepts of logistics and supply chain management,and their intrinsic relationships.It is argued that sophisticated coordination of material and information flows is the kernel of supply chain management.The operational coordination decisions on material flows mainly concern with inventory replenishments and transportation routing.The strategic decisions controlling material flows mainly concern with facility locations.Information flow management integrates business applications across both department borders and company boundaries.Dynamic alliances synchronize activities in many companies,strategically configuring material and information flows in the supply chain.This paper identifies the obstacles in managing the flows and further indicates the promising approaches to break through these obstacles.