物流管理信息系统理论基础外文中英文翻译.doc

物流管理信息系统理论基础外文翻译 Managing Logistics Information System: Theoretical Underpinning MaterialSource:LadokeAkintolaUniversity Author://.uyiwa //.woye Abstract:The research sought to explain the theoretical background of articulating effective logisticsinformation system in any industrial outfit. This is predicated on the fact that logistics is “the process of strategically managing the acquisition, movement and storage of materials, parts and finished inventory and the related information flows through the organisation and its marketing channel in such a way that currentand future profitability is imized through the cost-effective fulfillment of orders. However, the theoreticalbasis of the information has not been fully understood within the context of logistics system, such that it willgive a pointer to how those inherent costs could be managed or saved, as well as enhanced supplier-customerollaborative relationships. It is in the light of this that the paper attempt to give theoretical considerations,through descriptive methodology approach, on how those basic objectives of logistics can be achieved and its ultimate goal can be realized. The study concluded that emphasis should be placed on attributes of logistics information systems and particularly information cost in order to enhance logistics efficiency and effectiveness. Key words: cost, information, logistics, managing, system, theoretica INTRODUCTION Definition of systems is significant to definition of information. For instance “inforation is that intellectualthat in a certain domain can be acquired, preserved,transferred and applied as non-empty sets of information elements, such that each element determines a certainaspect entity” Long, 2003. Lambert, 2004, defines it: An information system is a system for collection, adaptation, storage, transfer and presentation of information in an, for the users of the information system, effective way. The information system can be totally or party computer