A Research On Information System Construction Of COSCO Ningbo Logistics

With the rapid development of the economic globalization, the social division of labor has been refined. Logistics industry has become the important part of economic system. Although China’s logistics starts relatively late, but with the entry of WTO, China’s domestic logistics industry continues to heat up. For the huge potential market, the central government and local government pay more attention to the development of logistics industry. In China’s national economic and social development of the tenth five-year plan, already highlights to provide key support for the development "logistics".With the continuous development of logistics industry, especially international logistics enterprise come into the Chinese market, To secure victories in the competitive market, logistics enterprise must reduce the operating cost and improve the service quality. Many of the logistics enterprise are paying attention to the development of logistics information system and put into practice. Logistics information construction is a very popular topic in China and in the world scope. It’s a complicated system, not only including equipment purchase and network construction, more important is according to the enterprise capability, through the construction of information system optimize operation flow, and finally achieve Business process reengineering (BPR).COSCO Ningbo Logistics is belonged to the COSCO Logistics, which possess first-class road transport operating qualification and non-vessel common carrier operating qualifications. The company provides customers both at home and abroad total with modern logistics solutions, international shipping agency, public freight forwarding, container depot management, warehousing, railway, road and barge transportation, project development and management. With the worsening of external market environment, the market share of traditional COSCO Ningbo Logistics freight agency business encountered huge challenges and impact. COSCO Ningbo Logistics Company attaches great importance to the information system construction and planning, profoundly realize that only rely on advanced information system for the enterprise process reform, optimize business processes and organizational structure, can shorten as soon as possible with the world’s advanced logistics enterprise gap, and achieve COSCO Logistics Company future strategic target.In the research of logistics information system constructing theory, according to COSCO Ningbo Logistics Company’s information system construction and planning, we hope can provide China’s third party logistics enterprises with some useful experience and plan at logistics information system construction.