从全球制造业的发展历程来看,制造业发展是物流业发展的重要基础,而物流业发展又是制造业发展的重要推动力量.作为制造大国和强国,德国制造业出口对其经济增长贡献占2/3,而德国发达的物流业,对推动其制造业国际化起到了显著的作用.德国的物流业竞争力全球排名第一,其现代物流业的发展有效推动了制造业进行业务流程改造,从而提高了效率、降低了成本,进而增强了制造业国际竞争力,推动了制造业的国际化,进一步巩固了德国作为制造业强国的地位.因此,德国物流业很好地服务了德国制造业,对其制造业的国际化起到了很好的支持作用.

近年来,中国物流产业发展迅猛,规模不断扩大,但物流业和制造业的联动效率较低,物流业的发展不足以有效支撑制造业的发展和促进中国产业结构转型升级.本研究针对中国的现状,比较分析了中国与发达国家在物流业和制造业联动方面的差距,讨论了发达国家促进制造业和物流业联动的普遍经验,并对提升中国物流业和制造业联动水平提出了建议.

Compared to developed countries, the logistics and manufacturing industry linkage in China is still in the early stage of development. Drawing insights from resource dependence theory and public policy literature, this study investigates the impact of government support on the effectiveness of the linkage development in supply chain management. Through a case study of an auto maker Beijing Hyndai, we find support to our theoretical arguments that government support in policies and industrial parks are influential to affect the linkage development effectiveness. Thus, this interdisciplinary research offers both theoretical and practical implications to the linkage development in China.

It is acknowledged that in China, the logistics industry development cannot fully support the development of the manufacturing industry. This study investigates the key logistics resources and their effect on the logistics and manufacturing industry linkage development and sustainability of manufacturing firms' development. Drawing insights from resource-based view and supply chain management and through case study of a heavy truck maker, we find support to our theoretical arguments that human resources and information management resources are the most influential factors in logistics services to affect the linkage development effectiveness and support sustainable development of manufacturing firms. Thus, this interdisciplinary research provides both theoretical and practical implications.

The logistics industry in China is developing rapidly in recent years with a continuously enlarging scale. However, the effectiveness of the manufacturing and logistics linkage development is still low. In China, the development of the logistics industry cannot effectively support the upgrade of the manufacturing industry and the industrial structure transformation. This study firstly conducted empirical comparison between China and developed countries, such as the U.S.A., Japan and Germany on the development level of the manufacturing and logistics linkage. Acknowledging the gaps, this study investigated lessons from the three developed countries on how to facilitate the linkage development. Lastly, the study provided implications to China's manufacturing and logistics linkage development.