The inventory routing problem in integrated logistic management is a typical NP-hard problem which correspond the relation between stock cost that creates time value and transport cost that creates space value,it has abroad application.This paper integrates many references of  home and abroad ，expatiate this problem's basic concept and characters,summarize the mostly researching circle of  the native and abroad at present from two views (common model,mainly algorithm and strategy),and finally indicate several researching direction of this domain in future,which lays a foundation for further researches.