论文题目：技术创新及其对中国和美国物流的影响的比较分析
摘要：這項研究的主要目的是探索中國物流在全球市場上的亮點,同時與美國進行比較。物流創新已發展成為提升中國物流業競爭優勢的重要手段。本質上,物流創新通常會導致技術和工具的開發,這些技術和工具通常會提高物流服務和供應鏈流程的效率和交付。因此,本研究旨在通過比較兩國物流條件的優缺點,找出並突出中國和美國物流業的主要物流創新。理想情況下,有關應用的知識以及對中國重大物流創新的研究可以確保中國物流業的效率和競爭優勢不斷提高。探索的一些主要物流創新領域包括機器人技術,人工智能（AI）,倉儲自動化,自動駕駛汽車,物聯網,區塊鏈技術等。此外,該研究旨在發現重大物流創新對中國物流業的各種影響,並重點介紹美國物流業的一些影響。需要考慮的一些影響包括成本的效率,溝通的改進,信息安全,生產率等。此外,研究還使用在線調查從中美兩國各物流公司的員工那裡收集了大部分數據。然後將收集的數據顯示在圖表,表格中,並進行描述性分析以得出結論。該研究的關鍵是結論和建議,這些結論和建議主要是通過對數據的解釋和分析得出的。然而,這項研究對於中國眾多的物流公司而言必不可少,因為它們將獲得對最有效且可在全球範圍內應用的物流創新的見識。大多數物流創新對降低成本,提高生產率和客戶滿意度都有更大的影響。理想情況下,這些是物流行業可能依賴的關鍵領域,特別是由於與產品運輸相關的高成本。物聯網（IoT）對中國的客戶滿意度有很好的影響,而對美國的成本降低有更大的影響,造成這種差異的原因可能是美國的IT比中國的IT更先進。研究發現,中美兩國各種物流創新的影響之間存在若干異同。機器人技術,倉儲自動化,數據分析和人工智能對這兩個國家的生產力和成本降低產生了巨大影響。機器人,自動化,無人機,3D打印和無人機對於未來的物流行業至關重要,因為它已在IT硬件和3PL市場上進行了大量投資。此外,由於中國工業高度依賴鐵路運輸,因此必須投資無人駕駛飛機和無人機等最後一英里的交付技術,這些技術可以進入沒有鐵路的地區。從本質上講,這些研究領域的改進很可能會提高物流流程的效率並降低物流公司的總體成本。
关键词：中国物流业;物流技术创新;技术对中国物流的影响;中美物流比较
学科专业：外交学
Acknowledgement
摘要
Abstract
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1-1 Background of the study
1-2 Rationales of the Study
1-3 Research Methods
1-4 Research Objectives
1-5 Research Questions
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
2-1 Logistics Innovation Technologies
2-1-1 Data acquisition technologies
2-1-2 Information Technologies
2-1-3 Warehousing technologies
2-1-4 Transportation technologies
2-2 Research Themes in logistics Innovation
2-2-1 Internet of Things
2-2-2 Artificial Intelligence (AI)
2-2-3 Robotics
2-2-4 Last-Mile Delivery
2-2-5 Warehouse Automation
2-2-6 Blockchain Technology
2-2-7 Big Data & Data Analytics
2-2-8 Cloud Computing
2-2-9 Autonomous Vehicles
2-2-10 Elastic Logistics
2-3 Innovation process in the logistics industry
2-3-1 Adoption of Logistics Technological Innovations
2-3-2 Logistics Innovation Capability and its Benefits
2-4 Logistics Efficiency
2-5 Logistics and Supply Chain Management
2-5-1 Risk Mitigation in Logistics and Supply Chain
2-5-2 Adoption of RFID Technology and its Association with Supply Chain
2-5-3 Green Supply Chain Management(GSCM) in China's Logistics
2-5-4 Role of Intelligent Supply Chain Management
2-6 China's Logistics Industry
2-6-1 Development of China’s Logistics Industry
2-6-2 China Transportation Infrastructure
2-6-3 China Logistics Structure
2-6-4 China Logistics Information System and Technology
2-6-5 China Logistics Governance
2-6-6 USA Logistics Industry
2-7 U.S.Logistics Development History
2-7-1 Functional management(1960s-1970s)
2-7-2 Internal integration(1980s)
2-7-3 External Integration(1990s-current)
2-7-4 U.S.Transportation Infrastructure
2-8 U.S.Logistics Structure
2-8-1 U.S.Logistics Information System and Information Technology
2-8-2 U.S.Logistics Governance
2-9 Future of Chinese Logistics Industry
2-9-1 Developing in-house logistics capabilities
2-9-2 Investments in Systems and People
2-9-3 Express delivery and E-commerce
Chapter 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3-1 Research Strategy
3-1-1 Population, Sample and Sampling
3-1-2 Data Collection
3-1-3 Characteristics of Online Surveys
3-1-4 Data Collection procedure
3-1-5 Descriptive Data Analysis
3-2 Research Design
3-2-1 Measurements
3-2-2 Sampling Technique
3-3 Research Limitations
3-4 Research Access
3-5 Research Ethics
CHAPTER 4 RESULTS
4-1 Preliminary
4-2 Gender Description
4-3 Age description
4-4 Work Experience of Logistics Professionals
4-5 Involvement of Robotics Industry in Logistics
4-6 Extent of Research and Innovation in Robotics
4-7 Involvement of Internet of Things in Logistics
4-8 Extent of Research and Innovation in Internet of Things
4-9 Application of Warehouse Automation
4-9-1 Extent of Research and Innovation in Warehouse Automation
4-10 Comparison of Blockchain Technology Applications
4-10-1 Extent of Research and Innovation in Blockchain technology
4-11 Application of Artificial Intelligence in Logistics
4-11-1 Extent of Research and Innovation in Artificial Intelligence
4-12 Application of Last Mile Delivery Technology
4-12-1 Extent of Research and Innovation in Last Mile delivery technology
4-13 Application of Data Analytics
4-13-1 Extent of Research and Innovation in Data Analytics
4-14 Application of Cloud Computing
4-14-1 Method of Logistics' Services in China
4-14-2 Extent of Research and Innovation in Cloud Computing
4-15 Application of Autonomous Vehicles
4-15-1 Extent of Research and Innovation in Autonomous Vehicles
4-16 Highlights on Major Logistics Innovations on both China’s and USA’s LogisticsIndustries
4-16-1 Robotics
4-16-2 Internet of Things
4-16-3 Warehouse Automation
4-16-4 Blockchain Technology
4-16-5 Artificial Intelligence
4-16-6 Last Mile Delivery
4-16-7 Data Analytics
4-16-8 Cloud Computing
4-16-9 Autonomous Vehicles
4-17 Future Research Directions for Logistics Innovation in China
CHAPTER 5
5-1 Discussion of Results
5-2 Implications and Future Directions
5-3 CONCLUSION
5-4 RECOMMENDATIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX
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