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ial flow, document flow and cash flow. into the Future Logistics is changing at a rapid and acceleration rate. There are two reasons are its rapid growth: Firstly, pressure to change by the development of the system itself (1) High–speed puting and data transmission can instantly transmit and react to user demand (2) More flexible and accurate logistic planning and control through puters and data processing (3) Flexible puter facilities help problem solving and increase decisions accuracy (4) Awareness of total cost measurement and management accounting Secondly, pressures for changes from the wider economy. (1) Be flexible in handling markets of different sizes for better petition (2) There is increasing specialization in markets and growth in retailing. (3) Life cycles for products are shortening. Logistics systems need to be more efficient, faster and more flexible (4) Move from mass production towards flexible manufacturing system( FMS). These systems enable a pany to switch production quickly from one product to another (5) Competitive pressures lead to more efforts to improve customer service. process of logistical integration can be divided into four stages: Stage 1. Began in the early 1960s in the USA and involved the integration of all activities associated with distribution. Separate distribution departments were to coordinate the management of all processes within physical distribution management( PDM). Stage 2. PDM was applied to the inbound movement of materials, ponents, and subassemblies, generally known as “ materials management”. By the late 1970s, many firms had established “ logistics department” with overall responsibility for the movement, storage, and handling of products upstream and downstream of the production operation. Stage 3. Logistics plays an important coordinating role, as it interfaces with most other functions. With the emergence of business process re–engineering( BPR) in the early 1990s, the relationship between logistics and related functions was redefined. “ System integration” occurred. Cross–functional integration should achieve greater results. 物流的定義 在完成商業(yè)交易之后 ,物流將以最低成本和最高效益的方式執(zhí)行將商品從供應(yīng)商 (賣(mài)方 )流轉(zhuǎn)到顧客 (買(mǎi)方 )的過(guò)程。 * Eager to implement better logistics operation or does not have time to develop