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In the last several years, Korean enterprisers have gone through the increase of physical-distribution cost, which amounts to 15.7 percent of gross domestic product and ￦48,000billions. Experts believe that substantial savings can be effected in the physical-distribution area, which has been described as "the economy`s dark contient" and "the last frontier for cost economies." Physical distribution is not only a cost, it is a potential tool in demand creation. Unfortunately, physical distribution is only a cost in Korean enterprisers. Physical-distribution cost of Korean enterprisers is caused by scarce social-overhead capital. Thus, a company cannot achive physical-distribution efficiency without the expansion of social-overhead capital. Because the expansion of social-overhead capital requires a great deal of cost, it is difficult to improve the efficiency of physical distribution by expanding social-overhead capital. This paper suggests establishing social-logistics information network(SLIN) as a alternative for expansion of social-overhead capital. SLIN includes not only commodity supply chains but also social-overhead capital. SLIN consists of social overhead capital-value added network, physical distribution-value added network and commercial distribution- local area network. Therefore, it is expected that SLIN should improve the efficiency of physical distribution and effectively response to customer.