Modern logistics management information system is a systematic integration of materials circulation and related information, which is based on computers and network communication facilities, and driven by systematic approaches. Through processing of logistics information, it effectively controls and manages materials flow and capital flow, as well as provides information analysis and decision-making support to enterprises. Facing rapidly changing and diffirent market demands, enterprises need to accelerate capital turnover, market feedback and customer communication to supply customized products of greater customer satisfaction. Therefore, the enterprise's competitiveness can only be enhanced by establishing an advanced and efficient logistics information system.
It is a real-time network-based large-scale professional, integrated and intelligent system which features mainly real-time standardized information transfer, digitalized storage and computerized data processing. The system will provide a powerful support for enterprises to lower cost, raise efficiency and better serve the customers, and has four functions: business processing, management control, decision making analysis and strategy plan making. The advantages brought by it include: rebuilt more consistent enterprise processes; shared information and higher efficiency; integrated information management avoiding inconsistency; decision making support; information sharing & interaction with clients; and enhanced enterprise service level to win more client trust while continuously reducing logistics cost.