International management consulting giant optimistic about China's transport and logistics industry
McKinsey, Boston Common top five management consulting firm AT Kearney, one of the company has released its analysis of China’s transport and logistics industry report that China’s economic aggregate by steady growth, domestic consumption growth, and China factors such as the promotion of foreign trade development, China’s transport and logistics industry is promising, Kearney and in the report on China’s transport and logistics enterprises to provide their own recommendations.
Chinese transport and logistics industry macro trends, there Kearney found that the major in four areas: First, higher quality, more integrated product will be Quan Xing Ye coherent development forward while the Zi industry gradually blurred the boundaries between ; Second, the industry will experience a more pronounced integration; Third, the breadth and density of the network demands increase; Fourth, the “low-carbon economy” cost structure brought about new challenges.
Facing many challenges and opportunities, Kearney believes that China’s transport and logistics enterprises should be prepared in the following four areas:
The first is business model innovation. Changes in demand from the transport and logistics perspective, opportunities are mainly from the following aspects: First, a higher level of market demand for services, such as procurement, warehousing and inventory management and delivery of such distribution; second is a change in distribution of customer demand; Third, changes in transportation mode selection: With the improved highway transportation network and the rapid development of rapid rail, air and they are bound to traditional road transport diversion.
Second, we must choose the best way of expansion. Enterprises should take fully into account the characteristics of your industry and face different competitive environment, select the appropriate direction and mode of expansion, such as the high cost of network construction and service products more standard sub-sectors such as express delivery,
Air freight and road transport, horizontal integration will be very beneficial to the improvement of cost-effectiveness; and the contract logistics and freight forwarding, then vertical integration would be more conducive to the new ability.
Third, to improve the network layout. The key considerations include: First, where were the establishment of national operations hub, regional operations hub, and hangs on first-line investment and other business outlets; second is how to balance their own resources to investment and the integration of social resources, how to balance the storage and transportation the ratio of vehicles; Third, in what geographical area, and with what steps to establish sales and distribution network; Fourth, how to long distance, in the short-distance transport, or national or local customers to develop operational lines, operating rules and service standards, thereby ensure that the overall quality of service; 5, when unexpected circumstances arise, how to develop operational network, resource allocation, on-site treatment decision-making to maintain the overall operational stability.
Fourth, the operation of the customization process, simplification and standardization. In general, the transport and logistics business is not a highly profitable industry, and some sub-sectors, such as air cargo is wandering in the bottom edge, so to further optimize the cost-effectiveness of mining, transport logistics development.
