The Research On Control Theory And Method Of The Harbor Logistics Cost

The calculation of harbor logistics cost is a comprehensive subject of systems engineering. For a long time, freight handling capacity has been being settled as the principal criteria as corporate business achievement of harbor enterprises. And it is not thorough enough to calculate the cost like that, or you could say there is not enough attention put on this important criteria. In a high-competitive society, problems now facing harbor enterprises are, lack of resources, decending of profits, management crisis and etc. It is undoubtly a new subject for managers in this field and harbor upload and download designers to locate a starting point, take advantages of strengthes, accelerate the pace of development of harbor logistics, and find out a new point of economical growth to minimize logistics cost and maximize customer service level at the same time. The essay is based on the above point, and also on the basis of the current situation of logistics cost management of harbor enterprises, existing problems and characters of logistics cost, applying the new cost control principle and method to do researches in order to minimize the logistics cost in a most effective way, bringing out logistics cost calculating system and ways to it to light the bases of consumption in harbor enterprise logistics system.The essay is divided into six chapters:Chapter I: introduction: Current research situations of domestic/international harbor logistics cost calculation, background information and practical values.Chapter II: Basic principles of harbor logistics, harbor logistics cost, and harbor logistics cost control, (including concepts of harbor logistics and its cost, its history;constitution;classification and basic principle for cost control.)Chapter III: Method of harbor logistics cost control, including working-cost method which is emphasized in this essay and cost budget method. Also this essay has put forward the steps of using working-cost method in the harbor logistics cost control and its calculating model.Chapter IV: Cost control method for load and unload, which is emphasized. And cost control methods for storage, transportation and packaging.Chapter V: With integration with my current work, I have put great emphasize on studying the method of harbor load/unload cost control. And have done some research of improvements of harbor load/unload technique.Chapter VI: Conclusion. To point out the achievement and shortcomings of theessay.The essay is based on the quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis, aim at the harbor enterprise practical situations, to be in accordance with the harbor logistics practical operation, to collect accurate data from interviews, observation, and analysis calculation, to provide significant theory base for harbor enterprise to carry out effective management and to form rational assessment system for cost control.