The Transportation Cost Control Study Of Shandong Post Express And Logistics Enterprise

Since twenty-first Century, the international express and logistics industry develops rapidly, playing a more and more important role in national economic development, known as an accelerator of the economic development. In the developed capitalist countries like USA and Japan, the express and logistics industry is rather mature with advanced management tools, a high-level information technology, which plays a good reference and guidance role to the development of express and logistics industry in China.similarly, Chinese express and logistics industry as an emerging service sector in economy, has got rapid development. With great attention, our country has introduced the" logistics revitalization plan" in March2009, and gives the support of tax, investment and policy. However, the domestic logistics enterprises are in a deteriorated market featured by unevenly development, disorderly competition, and lack of industry standards. With the advantage of good management, advanced technology and large capital, the international express and logistics enterprises, like DHL, UPS, TNT, FEDEX expand rapidly in Chinese market, extruding the competitive space of China post, and other domestic express logistics enterprises.To promote the development of Chinese logistics industry and take the competition challenge of the international express and logistics tycoon, we should highlight the study of the logistics cost control, especially the effective control of transportation cost which has a great significance in increasing the competitiveness of enterprises.So the paper focuses on the study of transportation cost in China post express and logistics enterprise from the respect of form, cause, control means and other aspects for the purpose of effectively control.The paper is divided into five chapters, the contents of each part are as follows:The first Chapter mainly introduces the background and the significance of the transportation cost control of Shandong post express and logistics enterprise, the related comprehensive summarization of professional documents,research process and contents,as well as major innovation and shortcomings;The second chapter,mainly expounds the connotation and features of logistics transportation, as well as the cost management methods of logistics transportation based on its theory.It lays the theoretical foundation of the following discussion.The third chapter mainly elaborates the present cost management situation of logistics transportation and elaborates the situation of foreign countries such as America and Japan as well as that of China by way of data analysis.The fourth chapter mainly elaborates the cost management situation of logistics in Shandong post express and logistics enterprise, analyzes the inner and outer factor constituting present means, as well as makes a comparison with present transportation cost management theory.The fifth chapter introduces the transportation cost management methods of Shandong post express and logistics enterprise, from all aspects, focusing on the operation mode optimization, resource integration and management system establishment, with the goal of achieving effective transportation cost, enhancing corporate profitability and market competitive ability.The sixth chapter summarizes the study briefly, and takes a prospective view of the related study in the future.