Study On Utilization Efficiency Evaluation And Allocation Optimization Of Resources In Agricultural Postal Logistics Network

The postal industry is an important service industry relating to economy development and livelihood support of people. After years of national investment and self-construction, it already has the advantages of the network resources stock. However, because of the impact of informationization and marketization, it is still facing with the problem of a shrinking business. To effectively use resources through business upgrading and adjusting becomes a direction of development of the postal industry. The problems of agriculture, rural areas and farmers are important issues related to the national economic development and social stability. To establish and improve the agricultural distribution system is an important guarantee and key link for implementing the benefit farming policies. The transformation of the agricultural distribution entities from monopoly operation to market-oriented operation brings about opportunities for the postal industry to enter into the agricultural distribution system.Relying on the core resources of the postal logistics network, it is adaptable to carry out the agricultural materials operation for the postal industry. At the same time, the postal industry enjoys the national policies of agriculture, rural areas and farmers as well as the financial support, and thus carrying out agricultural materials operation becomes an effective way to upgrade business and take advantage of its resources potential. However, from the practical effect of the business it is found that the postal industry shares less agricultural market, and is inefficient use of resources. Therefore, it becomes the core issue to be solved for the postal industry to implement the effective utilization of resources by the optimization and coordination of resources.In this dissertation, taking the agricultural postal logistics network as the object of the study, along the route from the basic theoretical layer, through the applicable analytical layer, and to the practical decision-making layer, and by the progressive research methods of estiblishing the theoretical model, analyzing and implementing the application model and case study, the utilization efficiency evaluation and allocation of resources of the agricultural postal logistics network are studied, the mechanisms and measures of resources coordination and optimization are explored, and an optimal scheme for resources allocation, which make resources flowing towards the high-efficiency direction, is achieved. The main contents and conclusions are as the followings. By analysis of enterprise resources and their allocation and the logistics network theory, and combined with the characteristics of the network enterprises, the resources structure, stages and trends of development and the mechanisms of value creation of the logistics network of the network enterprise are proposed, as well as the resources coordination mechanisms from resources analysis and identification through effective evaluation and finally to the resources allocation.Combined with the matter-element theory, a theoretical model for the coordinated operation of the logistics network resources of the network enterprises is established. Taking the logistics network of the network enterprise of the postal logistics as the background of the study and from an angle of resources structure, the resources and operation modes of agricultural resources in the logistics organization network, logistics information network and logistics infrastructure network are analyzed. The characteristics of economics and value creation mechanisms during the operation of the agricultural materials and the overall process of the postal logistics network are analyzed as well. The inherent development potential of the logistics network is clarified. By contrast of the actual operation effects, the problems, development strategies and the necessity for resources coordination are illuminated.According to the resources coordinative operation mechanism, and taking counties as the operation units of the agricultural postal logistics network, the resources are analyzed and the resources efficiency evaluation index set is estiblished. As for the efficiency evaluation of the resources utilization, an improved DEA model (DFMC-DEA) with discrete frontiers and cluster features is proposed based on the analysis of the disadvantages of the existing evaluation methods. The effectiveness of the model is analyzed theoretically and practically, which provides solid support for the allocation of resources. As for the allocation of resources, according to the relationship between the stock resources and incremental resources involved at different stages (efficiency evaluation, resources allocation) and combined with the continuous and multi-stage characteristics of allocation process, an implicit resources allocation model of deduction and adjustment is proposed based on the combination of the explicit redundant resources allocation of ebb and flow with that of the subsidized funding incremental resources. The model is implemented by computer. Furthermore, according to the inherent mechanisms of resources coordination, the continuous optimization purpose of resources flowing towards high-efficiency is fulfilled.The case study of resources operations of the Inner Mongolia agricultural postal logistics network is performed, taking the69counties as the units of resources operation. The efficiency evaluation is carried out using the improved DFMC-DEA model. The multi-parameters multi-stages adjustable dynamic deduction and adjustment software for the resources allocation and optimization is developed using the database technology. The enhanced resources efficiency and resources coordination are achieved. By analysis of the calculation results of the model and software, it indicates that the resources allocation process has the internal mechanism of awarding the good and punishing the bad, and the progressively optimizing cycles.The results of the study show that it is the fundamental way for the coordinative operation of the agricultural postal logistics network to improve the efficiency of resources utilization through balancing and the rationally allocating resources, strengthening counties, expanding the terminal outlets, rationalizing the structure of trunks and branches. Accordingly, in this paper the strategic system composed of the auxiliary promoting layer and the leading improving layer is proposed, which can provide decision support for the optimal allocation of postal resources and thus for enhancing its competitiveness.