Supply chain and logistics management in China - A case of iron and steel company

Supply chain and logistics management as a new management theory is thought a powerful tool to improve performance of enterprises. This article discusses the importance of supply chain and logistics management to China's metallurgical industry and how China's iron and steel companies use this way of managing to redesign their management. The article begins with a literature review. After it, Guangzhou Iron & Steel Enterprises Group (Guangzhou Steel) as a typical case of China's metallurgical company trying to redesign from the supply chain and logistics management viewpoint is discussed in particular. SCM-base logistics, HRM-based logistics and BPR-based logistics are suggested at the end to help the iron and steel company to increase its competitiveness.