Why should we realize logistics informatization? What is the inevitable result of logistics informatization?

China's economic information system construction has made great progress, and the logistics field is facing new opportunities and challenges. As an important link involving input and output, logistics plays an important role in enterprise management, and the importance of logistics information is increasingly recognized by people. 1 necessity of logistics informatization 1. 1 logistics informatization is determined by the characteristics of logistics information. Logistics is a large-scale activity, and logistics information runs through the whole supply chain process. Logistics information has the characteristics of many information sources, wide distribution, large amount of information, strong dynamics, fast attenuation of information value and high timeliness requirements. This means that the receiving, processing and processing of logistics information are required to be fast and diverse. Every link of logistics system has different kinds of information, and logistics system is closely related to other systems, such as production system, sales system, supply system and consumption system, so it is necessary to receive these kinds of information, and to receive and process these kinds of information, it is necessary to put forward logistics information suggestions. 1.2 logistics informatization greatly shortens the circulation process. Traditional logistics is only the assembly and dispersion of simple things, and it takes a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources to realize the flow of one thing. However, many large enterprises have realized computer management of some main links of logistics management, such as warehouse management and sales management, but few enterprises have really realized logistics informatization. Logistics informatization includes all kinds of decision-making activities in the process of material procurement, sales, warehousing and transportation, such as purchasing plan, sales plan, supplier selection and customer analysis. It provides decision support, makes full use of the powerful functions of computers, summarizes and analyzes logistics data, selects, analyzes and discovers new opportunities in logistics management, and then makes better purchasing, sales and warehousing decisions. It can make full use of enterprise resources, increase the potential and external utilization rate of enterprise content, and learn from Baineng. 1.3 logistics informatization can change logistics functions. Logistics is not only to transport goods, but also to transport information. All kinds of information are collected, processed, processed and then disseminated in the logistics center. The distribution function of logistics center is actually the gathering and diffusion of all kinds of information. Informatization makes logistics center a comprehensive service center with economic essence. The purpose of logistics informatization is not to streamline some personnel and save some expenses, but to form a high efficiency. High-quality logistics system can improve the efficiency and quality of logistics distribution. 1.4 logistics informatization can shorten the delivery length of logistics. The traditional logistics information is not clear and can only reflect the information inside the enterprise. Through information networking, logistics information can be clear, comprehensive and smooth. With the completion of the information network, logistics information has developed from "point" to "surface". With the formation of the network, logistics enterprises and logistics enterprises, logistics enterprises and production enterprises are connected together, realizing low-cost data sharing among various social departments and enterprises, and bringing huge economic benefits. 1.5 logistics informatization is the decisive factor of logistics system reform. Mankind has entered the information age, and informatization will change the existing social and economic consumption system and production system, thus changing the order of human existence. Logistics is the service system of national economy, and the change of social and economic order inevitably requires the change of the existing logistics system structure and order. Logistics informatization is both the driving force and the essence of this change.

2. Analysis of the current situation of railway logistics informatization 2. 1 Lack of understanding of logistics informatization and poor information accuracy. Although enterprises have an urgent need for logistics management informatization, in the process of realization, due to the lack of understanding of the financial, material and human resources required for logistics management informatization, it is impossible to ensure the investment in informatization, and often give up halfway. 2. 1. 1 The level of railway informatization has been low for decades. All units and enterprises make various decision-making plans such as purchasing plan, sales plan and storage plan through the working experience and management rules of operators. 2. 1.2 Long-term planned economy has great influence on railway logistics enterprises. The acquisition of all kinds of information mainly depends on the planning system. Operators' business philosophy and management philosophy are quite backward, completely ignoring the needs of customers, but one person has the final say, lacking full understanding and understanding of the market, resulting in poor information accuracy and low market competitiveness. 2.2 Resources can't * * enjoy the great changes of information logistics, and a large number of data acquisition systems emerge one after another, but the railway logistics enterprises have not done enough in this respect, and the data collection in various places is still in the primitive stage, which leads to the data can't be universal, thus affecting the mutual contact and cooperation of logistics enterprises. Due to the geographical differences between the supply and demand sides, people can't accurately and timely grasp the information of material procurement and consumption, coupled with the quality of personnel, they can't enjoy resources in logistics activities, leading to blind procurement, storage and consumption. 2.3 Too much backlog of dull materials, too much bonus and too much backlog of dull materials are common problems in the railway materials department. The reasons are complicated, including system problems, management problems, procurement problems and history. The key to this series of problems is the low degree of informatization, the inability to understand and process all kinds of information in the logistics process in time, and the unclear supply and demand information, which leads to the increase of inventory materials and the backlog of sluggish materials. For example, lanzhou railway administration's stock of materials in 200 1 year reached 65.438+0.8 billion yuan, which slowed down the turnover of materials in various places and occupied a lot of bonuses. At the same time, due to the influence of the market economy, a large number of triangular debts have been formed between various units, with more than 50 million yuan of creditor's rights and more than 50 million yuan of debts, which leads to an increase in unit logistics costs, a slow capital turnover and a decline in economic benefits. Informatization can make logistics funds occupy less and get the maximum profit at a lower cost. 3 Suggestions on Logistics Informatization of Railway Bureau 3. 1 Leadership Support 3. 1. 1 Management must master the new concept of modern logistics, fully realize the importance of logistics informatization, strengthen learning, raise awareness, arm themselves ideologically and drive the whole enterprise to do a good job in logistics informatization. 3. 1.2 Managers must attach importance to the construction of the hardware environment required for informatization, invest a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources within the scope permitted by the policy, purchase computers, and do a good job in the allocation of hardware resources for logistics informatization. 3. 1.3 Computers and various terminal devices are widely used. Trading on the Internet is not limited by time and space. Large-scale distribution centers and distribution systems are established to make the logistics industry realize informationization, cooperation and integration, and combine long-distance transportation with short-distance distribution.

The combination of professional distribution and socialized distribution makes the process of logistics informatization become the value-added process of logistics enterprises. 3.2 Coordination of grass-roots stations and depots Due to the low level of logistics informatization in the past, the material demand information of grass-roots stations and depots could not be clearly defined by the logistics management agencies at higher levels in time, which made some urgent materials and key materials for driving unable to be supplied on demand, while some materials with less consumption and small use scope were overstocked, which brought certain difficulties to the normal work of grass-roots stations and depots. 3.2. 1 Hardware facilities must be complete. Basic stations and sections must be equipped with computers according to the needs of logistics informatization. In the past, although some stations and sections were equipped with computers, they only operated on a single machine and were not connected to other units of the railway bureau. What they do is to enter and print some single bills. After networking, you can clearly understand the online material dynamics, reduce blind procurement and reduce costs. 3.2.2 The software foundation must be improved. Management institutions must do a good job in technical training for computer operators in stations and depots, improve their professional quality, enable all employees to master logistics information technology, and lay a solid foundation for logistics informatization. 3.3 Establish the internal network of the Central Office. The enterprise logistics Internet is the application of Internet technology and logistics enterprises. Generally, it consists of a client server and a basic platform, which can realize static access to existing data and basic enjoyment of public information. 3.3. 1 marketing function. Through the network transaction processing mode, material suppliers can grasp the information of each material unit in time to ensure timely supply, and at the same time complete a series of problems such as the establishment of various contracts, the inquiry of orders, and the tracking of market status. 3.3.2 Project management function. The information network can manage other supply items in the railway logistics industry, such as adjusting the supply plan, feeding back materials at stations and depots, and timely revising various decision-making plans such as procurement, transportation, warehousing, etc., so as to carry out internal communication and information management in the railway logistics industry with low cost and high efficiency, and make contributions to logistics informatization. Internal communication and information management, making contributions to logistics informatization. 3.4 Application of Online Bidding and Procurement The current railway material procurement method lacks transparency and effective supervision, which leads to confusion of procurement channels, which not only increases the cost of material procurement, but also lays a hidden danger for railway transportation. From 1999 to 65438+ 10, the railway bureau set up a bidding office, and by June 2000, it saved more than 20 million yuan for the railway bureau through bidding procurement. With the development of railway, the existing methods can no longer meet the needs of logistics informatization, so it is imperative to implement online bidding. While applying for online bidding, you can also establish some "expert database" and "talent pool" to make up for your own lack of professional skills with the help of others, keep abreast of market trends, establish a reasonable "product, weight and price database" for those manufacturers with high qualifications and good reputation, and adjust each database in time according to market information feedback in line with the principle of "justice, fairness and openness" to save manpower. 3.5 China Unicom Financial Materials Information Network Bureau develops materials management information system and standardizes logistics operation process on the premise of comprehensive interface with the general accounting system of the Finance Department. All documents are processed by computer, basic information is entered at one time, and the information of financial and material documents is unified.

Unified settlement to realize financial and material information. The system has the functions of application plan, distribution plan, contract management, bidding and purchasing management, receiving and dispatching management, warehouse management, material accounting management, report management, network query and so on, which greatly promotes the saving of bonus and the improvement of logistics informatization level. 3.6 It is the general trend to improve logistics management, increase labor productivity and accelerate the construction of enterprise logistics informatization. The construction of logistics informatization is conducive to promoting the development and improvement of the management level of logistics enterprises, realizing the optimal allocation of enterprise resources, enhancing the competitiveness of logistics enterprises and improving their economic benefits.