Modern logistics is called "undeveloped new continent" and "accelerator to promote economic growth" by the business community. Since 1980s, there has been a popular image and saying in American, Japanese and European business circles: taking various measures to reduce material consumption is called the "first profit source" of enterprises, and doing everything possible to improve labor productivity is called the "second profit source".
The improvement of logistics activities is called "the third profit source". According to the survey, only about 10% of the whole production and sales process of products is spent on processing and manufacturing, and the remaining 90% is spent on storage, loading and unloading, waiting for processing and transportation. According to the statistics of the World Bank, the logistics cost in developed countries accounts for about 10% of GDP. The research and development of logistics technology to achieve the best logistics management has become a new hot spot and the most challenging topic in the field of economy and enterprise management.
Graduates majoring in logistics management can find jobs in logistics enterprises, ports, customs, freight companies, commercial enterprises and so on, with good employment prospects. In the future, in addition to the shortage of logistics talents in warehousing, transportation, distribution, freight forwarding and other fields, relevant systematic management talents, professional operation talents who understand import and export trade, e-commerce logistics talents, and international logistics senior talents who master the relevant knowledge and operation methods such as commodity distribution, capital turnover and cost accounting will be more popular. Logistics professionals have been listed as one of the national 12 shortage talents, with a gap of more than 600,000. It is understood that the most sought-after logistics talents at present are those who have mastered the theories and skills of modern economy, trade, transportation and logistics, and have a solid English ability. Their annual salary can reach up to 6,543,800 yuan.
With the establishment of China's socialist market economic system, the acceleration of world economic integration and the rapid development of science and technology, the logistics industry, as a new industrial sector in the national economy, will become an important industry and a new growth point of the national economy in this century. From the central government to local governments and many enterprises with keen market awareness, logistics is regarded as an important means to improve market competitiveness and core competitiveness of enterprises, and modern logistics concepts, advanced logistics technologies and modern logistics models are introduced into national and local economic construction and enterprise management. However, China's logistics education is still very backward, which leads to a serious shortage of modern logistics talents, such as modern logistics comprehensive talents, enterprises, especially circulation enterprises, transforming traditional logistics and strengthening logistics management, urban planning logistics system operation, third-party logistics enterprise operation technology operation, etc., which hinder economic development and improvement of economic benefits.