2013-7-2

In twenty-first Century the eternal theme of change, change becomes much faster than people learning speed. The logistics industry in driving the progress of science and technology and the management of technological innovation, has experienced the process from quantitative change to qualitative change, the world has entered the era of supply chain logistics.

Strategic partnership, the first refers to between the logistics service and supply chain services business in the unstable economy to establish steady relationship: second refers to the establishment of strategic partnership of cooperation in logistics suppliers. Establish a stable relationship with supply chain partners in an unstable economy. First, it is important to acquire knowledge and skills enough,so that in the orientation and the rapid development of the field to technology development in the relationship.

First, it is important to acquire knowledge and skills enough, so that in theorientation and the rapid development of the field to technology development inthe relationship. This is not only to the success of an enterprise, but also forenterprises to survive.

From the development history of logistics, logistics thought has experienced aprocess of continuous change. The authority of the logistics of Prof. Bauer Dsokas, the evolution of logistics concept is summarized: 50 years ago that the transportation efficiency; 50's emphasis on logistics cost, customer service; 60'semphasis on integrated outsourcing; 70's emphasis on operational integration,quality; 80's emphasis on financial performance and operation optimization; 90's emphasis on customer relationship and enterprise extension; twenty-first Centuryemphasizes the integration of supply chain management.

American Council of logistics management (CLM) of the two name change reflects two qualitative logistics leap. In 1963 the society was founded, the nameis "physical distribution association". In 1985 changed its name to the"association" logistics management, the source added more content intransportation and distribution. In twenty-first Century the situation and thesituation is very similar, logistics and CLM80 in the early 1990s when the samename in major change in the environment, so in 2005, American Logistics Management Association changed its name to the "association" supply chain management, shows the evolution from logistics to supply chain.

American Association of logistics management, supply chain management is thelink between the enterprise itself and the main functions and basic businessprocesses, transforming it into management integrated organic, efficient business model. It includes all the logistics activities of the process, including theproduction, marketing, sales, driven product design, finance and informationtechnology process and the activities of the enterprise and between enterprisesin coordination.