Logistics Management
Logistics Management is in the community in the production process, according to the basic principles of the law of the flow of material entities, application management and scientific methods of logistics activities of planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, controlling and supervision so that all logistics activities to achieve optimal coordination and cooperation in order to reduce logistics costs, improve logistics efficiency and economic benefits. Modern logistics management is built on the basis of systems theory, information theory and cybernetics.
Logistics concept
Logistics Logistics
Definition: the part of the supply chain activities, is the process of planning, implementation and control of goods, services and related information from the origin to the consumption of the efficient, low-cost flow and storage in order to meet customer needs.
Logistics (Logistics) refers to the use of modern information technology and equipment to achieve the rationalization of service models and advanced service processes. Logistics appeared with the emergence of commodity production, with the development of commodity production and development, logistics is an ancient traditional economic activities.
One explanation
Logistics refers to the use of modern information technology and equipment, goods from suppliers to the receiver to accurate, timely, safe, quality and quantity, door-to-door service model to rationalize and state-of-the-art service processes.
Logistics constitute: the transport of goods, distribution, warehousing, packaging, transportation and handling, distribution processing, and related logistics information and other sectors.
The specific content of the logistics activities include the following areas: customer service, demand control, order processing, distribution, inventory control, transportation, warehouse management, layout and location of factories and warehouses, transportation and handling, procurement, packaging, intelligence information.
Interpretation II
Pointed out: China's national standard logistics definition of the term "logistics" goods from suppliers to the receiver to the physical movement, according to the actual needs of the transportation, storage, loading and unloading, handling, packaging, distribution processing, distribution, information processing and other basic functions to implement combination. "
Explain the three
Logistics in the "objects" of material world with physical physical characteristics and that part of the physical displacement of material. "Flow" is the physical movement, this movement had its limited meaning, as the reference is to the Earth, relative to the Earth and the physical movement, known as the "displacement". Flow range is large geographic range, it can be in the same region, the same micro-environment movement, small-scale displacement. The combination of the "objects" and "flow" is a natural movement on the basis of advanced forms of exercise. Of each link between economic purpose and in-kind, in between military purposes and in-kind, or even some kind of social purpose and in-kind, to find the law of motion. Therefore, logistics is not only limited to the above conditions, the "objects" and "flow" of the portfolio, but more importantly because is limited to a combination of military, economic, and social conditions, from the military, economic and social point of view to the observed transport to reach some sort of military, economic and social requirements.
Basic content
Logistics operations management
Logistics strategic management
3 logistics cost management
4 logistics services management
Logistics organization and human resources management
6 Supply Chain Management
Classification
Logistics management division has the following classification criteria:
A macro-Logistics and micro-logistics
Macro Logistics is the logistics activities of the overall social reproduction, to understand from the point of view of the overall social reproduction and logistics activities. Macro Logistics study the overall behavior of the laws governing the operation of the process of social reproduction logistics activities and logistics activities.
Micro-logistics refers to the consumers, producers, enterprises engaged in the actual, specific logistics activities. In the entire process of logistics activities, micro-logistics involves only a local system, a link or a region.
Second, social logistics and business logistics
Social logistics beyond a one to society as a whole category, for the community for the purpose of logistics. The this logistics highly social, often done by a professional logistics bearers.
Enterprise logistics from a business perspective, research relating to logistics activities, specific micro typical areas of logistics activities by production logistics, enterprise supply logistics, corporate sales logistics, corporate recovery logistics, corporate waste logistics few parts.
Third, the international logistics and regional logistics
International Logistics refers to when the production and consumption of two or more countries (or regions) independent case, in order to overcome the space between the production and consumption of distance and time distance, and materials (goods) physical move of an international economic and trade activities. Therefore, the international logistics logistics between the different countries, this logistics is international trade an inevitable part of the mutual trade between the countries to achieve the eventual adoption of the international logistics. International Logistics is a modern logistics system in the field of logistics have great development in the last decade, but also a new form of logistics.
The regional logistics with respect to international logistics concept, referring to a country within the scope of logistics, such as a city logistics, the logistics of an economic area are regional logistics.
Fourth, general logistics and special logistics
General logistics is an important feature of the common and general logistics activities, logistics activities are related to the breadth of the whole society, the establishment of the logistics system and logistics activities must have general applicability.
Special logistics refers to follow the general logistics law on the basis of, with constraints special applications, special management mode, the special object of labor, special machinery and equipment, the characteristics of logistics.
Principle
(A) the general principles of logistics management - logistics rationalization
Logistics management principles lot, but the most fundamental guiding principle is to ensure the implementation of the rationalization of logistics. The so-called rationalization of logistics is to the logistics equipment configuration and logistics activities of the organization be adjusted to improve logistics system as a whole optimization process. It is a concrete manifestation of taking into account the cost and services, logistics costs as low as possible to obtain acceptable logistics services, or to achieve the highest possible level of service to acceptable logistics costs.
(B) The basic idea of the rationalization of logistics
Logistics activities between the various costs often there is a shift in the relationship, logistics rationalization of the basic idea is the idea of "balanced", weigh the pros and cons from the point of view of the total cost of logistics. Does not seek the limit, but for the balanced and reasonable equilibrium created.
(C) logistics management is facing new challenges
The emergence of advanced information technology, which greatly promoted the changes of the logistics industry. We can not know the logistics of the information age to the traditional concept, logistics is no longer a simple combination of the operation of the logistics function, it is the concept of a network. Strengthen efficiency of connectivity logistics node, strengthen the system of management efficiency has become the key issues facing the entire logistics industry.
Information management
The first layer is the underlying technology layer. Including the underlying network architecture, OA office automation, financial management, information collection bar code, RFID, GPS technology and so on.
The second layer is the operational execution layer. Including warehousing [3] Management (WMS), transportation management (TMS), process management (PM) and Event Management (EM) applications.
The third layer is the planned collaboration layer. Supply Chain Planning (Supply Chain Management) and network design (Network Design) requirements planning (Demand Planning) and Advanced Planning / Scheduling (AP / AS), and B2B business integration (collaboration) applications.
The fourth layer is the strategic decision-making. At this level and there is not much software system can help leaders determine the strategic direction, looking for the core competitiveness of enterprises, the decision taken by competition, growth strategies. The idea of the leader is probably the best system. The four levels of the supply chain, information technology and supply chain management strategy, plans, execution is corresponding.
Business management
Logistics Management as a branch of business management, logistics activities within the enterprise (such as materials procurement, transportation, distribution, storage) of planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, control and supervision of the activities. Logistics functions to achieve the best combination to ensure that the level of logistics services under the premise, to achieve the lowest cost of logistics, which is the fundamental task of the modern enterprise logistics management where.
Purpose
The purpose of the logistics management is to achieve the lowest possible total cost conditions level of customer service, seeking services and cost advantages of a dynamic equilibrium and thus create a strategic advantage in the competition. To solve the basic problem of this goal, logistics management is the right product in the right quantity and the right price at the right time and the right place available to customers.
Logistics management emphasize the use of the systems approach to problem solving. Modern logistics is generally considered by the transport, storage, packaging, handling, distribution processing [5], a distribution and information all links. The systems approach is the use of modern management methods and modern technology, all aspects of sharing general information, organization and management as an integrated system, enabling the system to provide a competitive advantage in customer service in the lowest possible total cost conditions, . Systems approach that the system's effectiveness is not the simple addition of their respective local aspects of effective, which means that for one aspect of the problem appears to be all the influencing factors analysis and evaluation. Departure from this idea, the logistics system is not simple pursuit on all aspects of each of the lowest cost, but rather affect each other, mutual restraint, existence of alternating fragile relationship. For example, too much emphasis on packaging materials savings, it may be because of its easy to damage caused by the rise in the cost of shipping and handling. Therefore, the system approach emphasizes total cost analysis and to avoid second-best effect and cost trade-off analysis of the application, in order to achieve the lowest total cost, at the same time to meet the purpose of the established level of customer service.
Precautions
Inventory management, logistics management:
(1) expanded from a single enterprise logistics with suppliers, manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers to consider the inventory problem, you will find the number of stock will be greatly increased. The relationship between the composition of the logistics supply chain enterprises in the past to buy and sell transaction joy, so companies are not used to exchange information between them, are not used to coordinate inventory management, not to mention the level of the entire supply chain share exchange of information and co-coordinator of inventory management, so often an unnecessary large number of stocks, with the possibility of lower customer satisfaction.
(2) establish trading transactions antagonistic relationship with the corporate relationship between the composition of the supply chain from the past to the changes in the relationship between cooperative partnership based on common interests, exchange between enterprises of the supply chain, sharing of information, coordination of inventory management possible, and advanced inventory management methods and technologies emerge, this may become a reality.
(3) the weakest link in the management of business is the procurement chain. First, the "black-box operation, which is very easy to produce abuse of power, fraud, the homes are cheap shoddy, kickbacks, and so on. The second is to "run, run, drip, drain" phenomenon is also prone to.
Companies need sufficient inventory to ensure normal economic activity; while reducing inventory can maximize savings in the cost of doing business.
In short, the significance of the inventory management of enterprises can not be overlooked, inventory management well, will be able to promote the stable development of enterprises and enterprises steady marketing tools, to enable enterprises to continuously develop and grow.
Effect
Management and competitiveness
Look at a set of data: (1) logistics costs 36% of the total cost, only 13% of the production costs; (2) 84% logistics, manufacturing only 12% of the time; (3) capital turnover rate was 1.9%; (4) social logistics costs accounted for 18.1% of GDP, logistics costs dropped to 15%, we can save more than 9000 billion per year, equivalent to 3 Chengdu's GDP (based on 2008 data)
Look at the logistics management of capital turnover rate: the rate of capital turnover = sales / (inventory costs + fixed assets), the greater the cost of inventory, the smaller the rate of cash flow, our cash flow was 1.9 times, Haier 15 (3000000000000 funds quite as 45 trillion yuan), Japanese manufacturing 15-18, U.S. circulation for 20-30 times.
Can reach the target
Supply chain consuming up to 29% of the operating costs. Logistics management and supply chain optimization, you can achieve the following objectives: (1) raw material procurement costs will be reduced by 7% to 11%; (2) the entire supply chain inventory will drop 15% to 30%; (3) transportation costs decreased by 3% to 15%; (4) the operation of the entire supply chain costs will drop 15% to 25%;
Classic case
Stripping logistics assets of the Haier Group established Haier Logistics, a modern logistics management innovation since 1999, the construction of a modern three-dimensional automated warehouse to build the logistics, business flow, capital flow and information flow as one of the supply chain management system sluggish supplies reduced by 73.8%, the warehouse area reduced by 50%, stock funds decreased by 67%.
Billion Bo logistics consulting company successful interpretation of Jin Xin logistics, the original belongs to the Materials Group of Sichuan Province Coal Group, Huaxi Group, Commercial Group and three other provincial company owned logistics-owned (production) source integrated joint-stock restructuring restructuring large state-owned the provincial logistics companies, logistics management and supply chain optimization, greatly improve the economic and social benefits of Jin Xin Logistics.
To enhance competitiveness
Facts and practice has proved that the logistics can significantly reduce the total cost, speed up cash flow, reduce stock, and promote increased profit margins, which bring considerable economic benefits to the enterprise, the international community generally called logistics "reduce The cost of the final frontier, came in lower raw material consumption, improve labor productivity, "the third profit source" is the greatest source of their overall profits. Therefore, companies around the world to more and more attention to logistics, logistics management gradually as a new strategic perspective, to become a new focus of the modern enterprise management strategy, through the development of a variety of logistics strategy, from the logistics of this huge profit margins to find a way to enhance the competitiveness of enterprises.
Development experience
The development of the logistics management experienced distribution management, logistics management and supply chain management at three levels. The logistics management originated in World War II military transport supplies and equipment storage and transportation models and technologies developed. After the war these technologies are widely used in industry, and greatly improve the operational efficiency of enterprises and for enterprises to win more customers. Logistics management focuses on the distribution part of the enterprise, that is out of the finished products, how to quickly and efficiently through the distribution center to deliver the products customers, and to maintain the lowest possible inventory. American Council of Logistics Management was called Physical Distribution Management Association, Supply Chain and Logistics Management Association of Canada called the Canadian Physical Distribution Management Association. In the initial stage of the logistics management just after a given amount of product produced passively to meet customers' needs, the product is shipped to the customer designated locations, and the optimal use of resources in the field of transport, a reasonable set each distribution center inventory. Precisely, at this stage logistics management did not really, there are only transportation management, warehouse management and inventory management. Logistics manager jobs did not exist, there are only transport manager or warehouse manager.
Logistics management in the modern sense in the 1980s. It was found that the use of cross-functional process management to observe, analyze and solve problems in business very effective. By analyzing materials from raw materials to the factory, through the production line each workstation, the output of finished products, and then transported to the distribution center, and finally delivered to the customer throughout the process of circulation, companies can eliminate many of the seemingly efficient actually reduces the overall rate of the efficiency of local optimization behavior. Because each functional department wants to use its capacity as much as possible, without leaving any surplus increased demand everywhere become a bottleneck, resulting in the interruption of the entire process. Another example is the Department of Transportation as an independent functional departments, always find ways to reduce their transportation costs, if the result of the sum must speed up the orders delivered by sea rather than by air, which save shipping, but lost customers, resulting in overall defeat. Traditional vertical functional management is no longer suited to modern large-scale industrial production, and horizontal logistics management can be integrated management of different functions on each process to obtain the overall optimal synergy.
At this stage, the scope of the logistics management extended to the outside of the transport demand forecast, procurement, production planning, inventory management, distribution and customer service, to maximize the systematic management of the operation of enterprises, to achieve the overall efficiency. Goldratt book "target" swept the global manufacturing industry, its essence is to manage the production from the point of view of the production process. Accordingly, the American Physical Distribution Management Association in the mid-1980s changed its name to the American Council of Logistics Management, Physical Distribution Management Association of Canada in 1992 changed its name to the Canadian Council of Logistics Management.
Modern Logistics: Modern logistics is not only simple considerations from the producer to the consumer goods distribution problems, but also consider the procurement of raw materials from suppliers to producers and producers in the manufacturing process of transportation, storage and information all aspects of a comprehensive and integrated approach to improve the cost effective and efficient. Therefore, the logistics is to meet consumer demand as the goal, unified manufacturing, transportation, sales and other market conditions to consider a strategic measure. This traditional logistics it only as a "logistical support" and "sales activities play a role as a bridge" concept compared to, there has been further depth and breadth of meaning.
Main content
Logistics management includes three aspects: management of the various elements of logistics activities, including transportation, storage and other aspects of management; management of the various elements of the logistics system, including human, financial, material, equipment, methods, and six elements of information management; management of logistics activities in specific functions, including logistics planning, quality, technical, economic and other management functions.
Logistics management science is nearly two decades in a foreign country since the rise of a new discipline, which is an important branch of management science. With the improvement of production technology and management technology, increasingly fierce competition among enterprises, people gradually found the competition of enterprises to reduce production costs seems to have come to an end, the product quality is good or bad is just a business can enter the market a stepping stone to participate in the competition. At this time, the focus of competition began to shift from production to non-production areas, steering the areas of activity of the past scattered, isolated, be regarded as an auxiliary link not being taken seriously, such as transport, storage, packaging, handling, distribution processing and other logistics. People began to study in these areas to reduce logistics costs, improve service quality, to create "the third profit source". Logistics management from the separation from the traditional production and sales activities, to become an independent field of study and a range of disciplines. The birth of the science of logistics management logistics system makes the original in a latent state in economic activities emerge, it reveals the intrinsic link of the logistics activities in all aspects of its development and is getting more sophisticated, modern enterprise an invaluable asset in the market competition .
Three stages
Logistics management, order management can be divided into three stages, namely the planning phase, implementation and evaluation stages.
Planning stage management
The plan as a basis for action some forethought. Logistics plan in order to achieve logistics expected to achieve the preparatory work done.
The logistics plan first to determine the logistics objectives to be achieved, as well as the work order to achieve this goal.
Second, analysis of research that may occur in the process of logistics goals of any outside influence, especially unfavorable factors and determine countermeasures for these negative factors.
Third, specific measures of human, material and financial resources to make a follow-up and guidance of logistics goals.
Stage management
Stages of implementation of the logistics management is to manage the logistics activities of the ongoing. It has the most prominent position in the management of the various stages of the logistics. This is because at this stage in the programs to be tested by the specific implementation. The same time, it also logistics management and logistics of the specific activities closely integrated.
(A) organizing and directing logistics activities
Organization of logistics is the logistics activities in the various interrelated aspects reasonably combine to form an organic whole, in order to give full play to the role of each department in the logistics, logistics workers. The command of the logistics refers to the unified control of various logistics processes, departments, agencies in the logistics process.
(B) supervision and inspection of logistics activities
Can understand the logistics of the implementation of the supervision and inspection, to expose the contradictions in the logistics activities, identify problems, analyze the cause of the problem, and propose methods to overcome.
(C) regulation of logistics activities
In the process of implementation of logistics plans and logistics departments, each link is always imbalance. The problems, according to the influencing factors of the logistics, the logistics departments, all aspects of the ability to make new balance, re-arrangement of the power of logistics goals. This is the regulation of logistics activities.
Management of the evaluation phase
Logistics results after the implementation of the original plan logistics target in a certain period of time, control, analysis, evaluation of the logistics. Through a comprehensive analysis of the logistics activities, one can determine the logistics plan of scientific rationality how to confirm the logistics achievements and shortcomings of the implementation phase, to develop a new plan for the future, new logistics organization providing valuable experience and information.
In accordance with the scope of logistics evaluation, logistics evaluation can be divided into specialized assessment and evaluation. In accordance with the relationship between the various departments of the logistics, the logistics evaluation can be divided into the longitudinal evaluation of the logistics and horizontal evaluation. It should be noted that no matter what kind of evaluation methods, evaluation tools should be by means of a specific evaluation. This indicator is usually expressed as the physical indicators and indicators.
Core
In order to establish a rational and efficient Chain Management Logistics system, let's anatomy logistics system. The four core logistics system: procurement, warehousing, distribution, transportation.
A procurement
Any business can not be separated from procurement chain enterprises, too, was the procurement of goods is the starting point of the chain of business activities. Procurement must be planned according to the article, brought together by the distribution center to goods chain stores plan, combined with the requirements of the headquarters and market supply, the unified procurement plans to market the procurement of goods and materials.
Second, the storage
Chain stores and other shops, perennial need the production and marketing of goods.
Third, the distribution
One of the basic functions and distribution chain logistics,
Fourth, transport
Distribution of chain stores relatively scattered, and the large number of limited traffic conditions, economic considerations can not be equipped with a sufficient number of transport.
Purchase
The chain purchases must be to the cargo plan for the entire chain of stores, distribution center brings together all chain stores to goods, combined with the requirements of the headquarters and the market supply and procurement plans to the market a unified procurement of goods and materials. Chain enterprises, procurement chain is a creative department, which carries the goods required by the introduction of the procurement chain to create efficiency. However, many of the chain of the status quo, it is difficult to accurately grasp the headquarters and subordinate goods and purchases of supermarket chains, often affect sales due to lack of stock. Sometimes even due to the long time of purchase transactions resulting in long-term commodity out of stock.
Warehousing
Chain stores and other stores have annual sales of goods, need to sell the product of the production and marketing of different time if the annual sales of the goods in the stores every time request issued to goods distribution center to purchase on the market, is bound to increase the cost and procurement costs, it is impossible to maximize enjoy bulk discount. This requires the distribution center to purchase large quantities within the limits of ensuring the quality of storage of goods, chain stores to goods request directly transported to distribution. Seasonal goods, distribution centers should also maintain a certain amount of storage, in order to ensure the needs of different sales.
Distribution
One of the basic functions of distribution chain logistics, which occupies a very important position. Practice has proved that development is inseparable from logistics and distribution chain operation, reasonable logistics a unified procurement chain management, uniform rationing, uniform price can be achieved, the possibility of establishing a high degree of specialization, socialization of logistics distribution center related to the chain whether the economies of scale can be fully realized. The construction of the distribution center is the focus of the entire logistics system, so we need to elaborate on. Large chain enterprises should pay attention to the construction of distribution centers, according to the operating conditions of enterprises reasonable assurance as to the size of the distribution center, to provide safe, reliable, efficient distribution system. Positive development of third-party logistics and distribution center for socialization, to fully utilize and integrate existing logistics resources, including through joint assets, restructuring and professional transformation, breaking the boundaries of the industry and regional blockades, to meet the operational needs of the chain.
(1) the construction of logistics distribution center
The development chain enterprises to speed up the construction of distribution centers. A lot of the development of chain to 30 to 40, is the logistics restricted their development. If the investment to speed up the logistics chain in China will undoubtedly become more healthy development. However, at this stage of China's social material basis of not very developed, a small number of distribution chain enterprises, small scale, and foreign large logistics distribution center area, is also a great range of radiation. For example: a Wal-Mart distribution center tube 100 shops, radiation radius of 200 km, a distribution center of more than 100,000 square meters. Thus, the importance of strengthen the infrastructure construction of the distribution center chain operation.
A self-built distribution center
This method is suitable for chain has reached a certain scale. Distribution center with shops area have a relative proportion of the relationship, from the practical point of view of the industry chain development in the world, a convenience chain has 20 stores, a total area of 4000 square meters, you can consider to build a distribution center; a The supermarket chain has 10 stores, with a total area of 5,000 square meters, it is necessary to establish a distribution center. Factors that take into account the distribution of income and distribution costs, distribution center industry should have the the corresponding distribution economies of scale. In general, the criterion should be: the branch expansion of the distribution center to the normal operation of the acquired quantity discounts and accelerate cash flow benefits, sufficient to cover the distribution center construction and distribution facilities that cost.
Some chain of large companies have their own distribution centers. Chain of large companies such as Wal-mart is the National Business ranked first, the company has 25 large-scale distribution centers, 23,000 container trucks, Chicago distribution center building </ U> area has 100,000 square meters, which can Admission of 168 container truck loading and unloading operations. In Japan, large-scale retailers, such as Daiei, Seiyu, Ito-Yokado has its own distribution center.
Logistics set in Europe (especially Germany) is a world-class, but the logistics costs considerable lead to large retailers have the logistics business to the third-party professional distribution company. Shipping business in Europe to the major chain retailers, in addition to 30% of the shipment by the retailer's own distribution center, 61% of the control in the hands of third-party professional distribution company, is about the chain of distribution activities to the Social of logistics and distribution center.
B, the socialization of logistics distribution center
Some large supermarket distribution centers, investment in the construction of the system of commodity distribution tasks can be successfully completed. Small and medium-sized supermarket companies have encountered many difficulties in terms of funds, facilities, and personnel to carry out the distribution business are many problems, such as lack of standardized operations, various encodings (including commodity code, transport packaging, coding, etc.), lack of standards, the election pick goods, arrival sorting, assembling goods inventory operations had no electronic scanning device, shipping packaging is not affixed used for transportation, delivery barcode, these problems directly affect the level of service.
With the advancement of technology, the production division of labor is getting smaller, there have been many special commitment to the distribution task in a foreign country, some of the chain is no longer self-built distribution center, instead relying on the socialization of the distribution center. Socialization of the distribution center in China is particularly applicable.
(1) because of the chain size is generally small, self-built distribution center can not achieve economies of scale and generate sufficient income to compensate for construction costs.
(2) Since the companies and chain stores special commitment to the distribution of tasks between services and services, quality of service is good or bad is directly related to the vital interests of the distribution center. Therefore, in the case of the current internal management of enterprises in China less able to complete the delivery mission by a full-time distribution center will help improve the efficiency of delivery, which in turn contributed to the development of the distribution industry. Previously assumed a single transportation and warehousing companies can make use of its resources to the development of logistics and distribution services, so that public resources are integrated.
(3) a large number of stores needed goods have a wide variety of different batches and more variety, small batch trends are becoming evident. If you still follow the traditional channels, the wholesale trade industry types to each distribution, not only will increase the cost of logistics and chain stores is also difficult to cope with the increase in the delivery truck. Each store and distribution of goods in a truck that is mixed distribution, greatly improve the efficiency of logistics and distribution chain has important practical significance. The use of third-party logistics enterprises or social logistics distribution center, the same area of common goods or merchandise of the same needs a large number of chain stores scattered centralized transport, the efficiency of the maximum increase in personnel, materials, money, time and other logistics resources to achieve intensive, logistics cost savings.
C, integrated logistics distribution center
Business, many large chain distribution centers are beginning to bear more or less the other company's distribution tasks. Seiyu in Japan on the basis of the self-built logistics and distribution systems, as well as other enterprises in the social distribution of goods. Near Tokyo, Seiyu Fuchu distribution center like a large factory, which are from top to bottom like a pipelined machine conveyor belt. No product on the conveyor belt into the box to the code on the shelves, at least a height of 6 meters. Freight yard of the distribution center of 65,000 square meters, all machine operator classification field of 31,600 square meters. The Pipeline average hourly to 16,200 boxes of goods, the provision of goods to 250 stores across the country.
(2) distribution center to provide value-added services
First of all, the distribution center to strengthen the information technology. Logistics information technology performance: database and code of logistics information collection, logistics information processing, electronic and computerized logistics information passed standardization and real-time logistics information stored digitized. Therefore, barcode technology (Bar Code), database (Database), electronic ordering system (EOS), electronic data interchange (EDI), quick response (QR), effective customer response (ECR), radio frequency (RF) technology, management advanced technology and management information systems (MIS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) strategies that should be in our logistics enterprises to vigorously promote the use of. Information is the basis of all modern technologies and management tools, only to achieve logistics and distribution of information, in order to assume the era of e-commerce gives the historical task of the logistics and distribution industry.
Second, logistics and distribution to change the concept of a single delivery, the use of e-commerce to help customers complete after-sales service, to provide more value-added services, such as tracking product orders, sales statistics and reports. Customer oriented distribution center for the a high professional needs customers, distribution centers can be involved in the transaction process between the buy side and the supply of raw materials, such as: supply-side instead of purchase direction to place an order, raw materials brought into and finished goods out of arranging transportation, it also provides the operation of the final product assembly and warehouse facilities for customers to do product testing, and expand the scope of services of distribution centers. Cross-border transactions for customers, distribution centers can also help the customs tax fees formalities. Logistics and distribution and customers to develop long-term strategic partnership, strengthen the communication of information between the two sides, the effective position of a customer thinking, and tap the potential benefits of co.
Logistics and distribution center are encouraged to carry out a "package" of logistics services, has opened a new field of logistics services, and enhance the competitive advantages of chain enterprises in China. Relative to foreign advanced technology, powerful retail chain business threat, China's chain industry to seize the domestic market should provide more granular service to begin. China's chain industry should focus on new areas of the end logistics "logistics.
"Package" also known as logistics services, including logistics services, the germination of a new logistics system efficiency to the purchase of goods to the shop shelves display job. Including logistics shop job done in the interim distribution center, logistics target to significantly reduce the job shop. Including logistics system from the shelves of the shop goes up logistics build. Including distribution and logistics center to have the cargo sorting, packaging, attached to the price tag to Unpacking and bundled, repackaging, To bind promotional products, and even the final product assembly and processing functions, etc..