 The function of supply chain management is to design and manage the processes, assets, and flows of material and information required to satisfy customers’ demands. The globalization of economy and electronic commerce has heightened the strategic importance of supply chain management and created new opportunities for using supply chain strategy and planning as a competitive tool. E-logistics has not only created new distribution channels for consumers but also revolutionized the industrial marketplace by facilitating inter-firm communication and collaboration, and by creating efficient markets through trading communities. Moreover, combination of enterprise information infrastructure and the Internet has paved the way for a variety of supply chain and logistics optimization technologies.