Information management important in logistics

 Information management important in logistics because to support better management decision. In order to make right decision in all activities to the organizations and company. In business management, manager need to know and explore many types of information and that has the relevant data to make decisions ahead of the competitor in good management information system can keep to ensure that managers have information they need when they need it. By implementing the efficiency information management, operational will give more advantages to organization and reduce operating cost, reduce risk. For example, to use transportation services, they need to know all information about their required information system such as the schedule of delivery, the routing and time. So we can improved our efficiency services.

  Besides that, it important because to improve efficiency and productivity. It is because time spent searching for missing or misfiled record in non productive. A good record management program like a document system can help any they to upgrade their record keeping systems so that information can easy to keep in and easy to search so they didn't need to search from early. It also can deliver information to user as quickly as they need it. It also can be a better customer services. For example, SMK (Sistem maklumat kastam), the carrier can fill up the information about the cargo with quickly and can send to custom as fast as possible without need to meet or go to custom offices so it can make the carrier's job will become easier and the receiver will receive all details about the cargo as soon as possible.

   It also for advertisement purpose. In the business world that always give challenges to be the wealthiest business company. Advertisement are very important to attract customer. Nowadays, advertisement always make changes through the technology development. For example, information management for advertisement has develop from advertisement at newspaper to advertise in internet. Advertise at internet through blog and company websites. Recently, e-bay were got customer internationally which make it sites be the one of famous online business sites because it provides information detailed about the product description via internet that make customer easily access anywhere.

   Information management important in logistics because it can minimize the risk for example like product damage. Nowadays, technology was increase and give many advantages for the example is track and trace. Track and trace also can help to find the location of goods and from that can avoid from the product missing. Besides that, we also can know whether the carrier use the right way or maybe has change the way. Futhermore, bar coding also can helps to reduces risk of product missing. It is because when the product is out of stock the inventory also have a lower stock. So the alarm will be arrived to manager and the alarm will be arrived to supplier.