Research On Corporate Logistics Cost Control Based On Competitive Strategy

Under the new economic conditions, corporates are faced with severe competitive pressure. Corporate logistics cost control is one of the key steps for corporates in acquiring competitive advantage and accomplishing their competitive strategy. It becomes an important task in logistics management to implement logistics cost control based on corporate competitive strategy, and combine corporate logistics cost control with corporate competitive strategy.Corporate logistics cost control has been researched upon from the corporate competitive strategy point of view, using competitive strategy theory and strategic cost management theory etc. First, the definition, component and category of corporate logistics cost is explored. Then on top of that, some key steps in corporate logistics cost control have been researched upon, such as corporate logistics cost calculation and evaluation:the corporate logistics cost calculation-evaluation model has been constructed based on TDABC and DEA-BCC; the strategic cost drivers of corporate logistics cost, and the corporate logistics cost analysis and decision-making framework based on strategic cost driver have been put forward; the corporate logistics service and target logistics cost decisions have been made based on competitive strategy. Finally, the corporate logistics cost control framework has been put forward based on competitive strategy with various key steps.The main ground-breaking work of the dissertation includes:1) The corporate logistics cost calculation-evaluation model has been constructed based on TDABC and DEA-BCC. The model provides a complete program for calculating corporate logistics cost based on TDABC, and has put forward three types of time equations applicable for logistics cost; the model uses DEA-BCC to evaluate corporate logistics cost; and at the same time, the model integrates the calculation and evaluation of corporate logistics cost in a systematic way, and points out the areas and directions to improve various segmented corporate logistics cost from the the point of view of capacity utilization and pure technical efficiency.2) The strategic cost drivers of corporate logistics cost have been analyzed and the model for corporate logistics cost decision-making has been constructed. The strategic cost drivers of corporate logistics cost have been categorized, and the various drivers'impact on corporate logistics cost and other costs has been analyzed; and at the same time, the model for corporate logistics cost decision-making has been constructed to tackle the under-utilization of capacity of logistics cost caused by seasonal fluctuation of demand.3) The corporate logistics service quanitity and target logistics cost decision models have been made based on cost leadship strategy and differentiation strategy, and the differentiation in logistics service is determined. The corporate competitive strategy, corporate and its competitors' products, services and cost and customers' demand etc have been incorporated into the decision making process, and based on game theory and related economic theories, the above-mentioned corporate logistics service and target logistics cost decision models have been constructed under corporate competitive strategies.The dissertation has27charts,18tables and170references.