Three major trends of modern logistics
As we all know, the modern logistics industry is the second increase labor productivity, reduce resource consumption, after the third profit source, but also to promote economic transformation and upgrading of the accelerator. According to statistics, China’s logistics costs accounted for about 18% of GDP, while the developed countries this ratio is only 7% to 8%. Promote the development of modern logistics to the end, it will greatly speed up the process of China’s economic transformation and upgrading. To this end, we have compiled a group to reflect the development trend of modern logistics industry of articles, some readers want to learn.
Low-carbon logistics – from transportation breakthrough
With economic development, with global environmental problems have become increasingly prominent. Promote energy conservation, sustainable development, has become a way of changing the inherent requirements of economic growth. 2009 international climate conference in Copenhagen before, the Chinese government promised to the world by 2020 carbon emissions per unit of GDP than in 2005 reduced by 40% to 45%, and as binding targets into national economic and social development of long-term planning. Around the world, “carbon revolution” is on the rise, the human will thus enter the “low power consumption, low emissions,” based on a new era.
Logistics as a high-energy-intensive industries, continuation of the previous business model of development has been significantly behind the times of development, according to an estimate, the logistics industry, the oil consumption of the entire society of total consumption of oil 1 / 3, the energy consumption of the truck 1.41 tons, the railway is 0.45 tons, the ship is 0.55 tons, the aircraft is 22 tons.For my country, emissions-reduction targets the development of the logistics industry will inevitably cause some impact. In this context, the development of low carbon logistics represent the future direction of logistics development, the subject of much attention.
The so-called low-carbon logistics, refers to the process of inhibition of transport logistics in damage to the environment, while also enabling the purification of the logistics environment, so that logistics resources can be utilized to the fullest.
Development of low carbon logistics, the first step is the transport part of the breakthrough. As we all know, the development of not only occupy the land transport, energy and money, while the environment caused by varying degrees of damage.China’s logistics industry in the transport process exists Kongshi rate, repeat the transportation, staggered transport, transport of invalid transportation irrational phenomenon. These problems have a direct impact on the cost of logistics, to some extent, also affected the size and level of logistics development.
In early 2010 the National Working Conference on Transport, Minister of Transport Li Shenglin that “the transport sector is to big, but also the key areas of energy saving in 2010 and ‘second five’ during the transportation industry will accelerate the establishment of characterized by a low-carbon transportation system. “The speech sounded as if the development of transport sector carbon horn. Carbon emissions in the field of logistics enterprises, have started to find their own path to start.
In aviation, the China Air Transport Association Market Research Department, Zhu Qingyu that “the global aviation industry carbon emissions is a focus of concern, together with the airlines by the Civil Aviation Administration efforts to reduce carbon emissions.” In addition to constantly optimize the route, try to fly a planestraight, in order to reduce the flight distance, which means to reduce carbon emissions, other than to actively support and encourage civil aviation enterprises to vigorously use of advanced technology, advanced equipment, advanced models to promote energy conservation is a positive way to deal with major airlines. From an international point of view, the development of alternative fuels has become a carbon emission reduction in developed countries cope with high fuel costs and pressure on important way.
In shipping, logistics companies should improve the logistics network, so that optimization reasonable despatch, shipping logistics air reduce the return rate, and improve operational efficiency. Currently, many shipping companies began to “test the water” boat for the ship, sailing gear to reduce energy consumption and reduce emissions.
In road freight transport, logistics companies to actively promote the pull transport and energy-saving driving experience, enhance business vehicle fuel scale assessment, vehicle fuel consumption limit strictly enforced standards, eliminate high-energy vehicles, promotion of new energy and clean fuel vehicles.
E-Logistics – taking into account both hard and soft
China’s logistics industry development and the rapid rise of e-commerce there is a close contact. 2010 the amount of 5 trillion e-commerce marketing, online shopping in which consumers 520 billion. A survey shows that the speed will affect the logistics of people online shopping loyalty. 61% of the value of the visibility of the product, 55% of people saw the shop’s reputation, 38.5% of people will pay attention to the speed of delivery of goods. Such a proportion sufficient to prove that e-commerce, accelerate the development of the importance and necessity of the logistics industry.
Supply and demand sides of information asymmetry has been an obstacle to the development of the logistics industry. In e-commerce environment, e-commerce company has an extensive customer base, especially as Taobao, Jingdong and a number of B2C, consumer groups across the country. These e-commerce companies rely on their own sprawling network system, to strengthen collaboration with logistics companies and contacts to the flow of information throughout the entire commodity trading has always been, so that they can effectively overcome the problem of information transmission delay. From this view, e-logistics will be into the spotlight.
The so-called e-logistics, is the use of electronic means, in particular the use of Internet technology to complete the entire process of logistics coordination, control and management, front-to-end from the network all the intermediate client services.The development of e-logistics to take advanced science and technology, to achieve the commercial logistics information. ”Soft” and “hard” aspects of integrated development.
“Soft” aspect is the establishment of an open information platform. Logistics companies only social information, external information exchange and sharing, and information to the community with its own opportunities and channels in order to better carry out the operation, access to benefits. This open platform is to improve the operational level of the establishment of an inevitable trend. In the build process, such as positioning technology, sensor technology and other popular technology will become the technical means to achieve openness.
We also see that many cities are building domestic logistics information exchange center. May this year, invested 250 billion yuan, Jiangsu Province, Suzhou Industrial Park, a comprehensive logistics trade center was officially launched. The greatest feature is the trading center to provide information services for enterprises.Establish an information platform in the same time, pay attention to security is the main problem restricting open. Overcome this difficulty, on the one hand to strengthen the management and control of information systems to improve the quality of management, the introduction of other relevant government departments also need protection policy.
“Hard” from a technical point of view, to strengthen the development of key technologies and applications. First, the acquisition of information technology, sensors or identification technology, including RFID, magnetic card, and so on.Second, mobile communication technologies, including 3G network, and even 4G network. Third, address services are provided by the mobile communication network and satellite positioning systems combine to provide a value-added services, through a set of positioning technology to obtain location information of mobile terminals (such as latitude and longitude coordinates of the data), to the mobile user himself or others and communication systems, to achieve a variety of location-related business. Simply as people go, hand in hand with you all the information including time, place and other information and the phone will be bundled together.
Smart logistics – intelligent rely on new technology
Another trend in the logistics industry is intelligent. August 7, 2009, the Prime Minister made in Wuxi “Experience China” concept, saying that China should seize the opportunity to develop technical things. In the same year, the China Logistics Technology Association Information Center, Chinese things, “Logistics Technology and Application,” the lead editorial in the industry put forward the “smart logistics” concept.
Achieve wisdom is largely due to the logistics development of networking technology. At present, many advanced modern logistics system already has the information, digital network, integrated, intelligent, flexible, agile, visualization, automation and other advanced technical features. Many logistics systems and networks using the leading infrared, laser, wireless, coding, recognition site, automatic identification, location, non-contact power supply, fiber optic, databases, sensors, RFID, GPS and other high-tech, this set of light, mechanical, electrical, information technology, new technology in one integrated application in the logistics system of things is the application of technology embodied in the logistics industry.
