The purpose of this study is to propose strategies for building logistics information systems suited to the domestic logistics environment. To this end, the study first investigated the adoption level and relative importance of logistics information system functions. A Spearman correlation analysis of the survey data revealed that Korean firms have adopted logistics-related functional systems without regard to the priority ranking of relative importance by function. Accordingly, this study proposed a contingency model that can facilitate the directional construction of logistics information systems by considering the importance of each function according to firm characteristics, and within that framework, classified logistics-related functions by type and presented improvement strategies. Furthermore, the study investigated the major problems arising in the construction and operation of domestic logistics information systems at each stage from a systems development life cycle (SDLC) perspective, and presented the causes of problems at each SDLC stage along with development strategies for their resolution.