1. Definition of cross-border e-commerce logistics
Cross-border e-commerce logistics refers to a business activity in which trading entities located in different countries or regions reach a transaction through an e-commerce platform and make payment settlements, and then deliver goods through cross-border e-commerce logistics to complete the transaction.
Cross-border e-commerce logistics in a narrow sense refers to the method and process of delivering goods traded on a retail e-commerce platform from the seller’s country (region) to consumers who are not in the same customs territory. In a broad sense, cross-border e-commerce logistics includes the method and process of delivering all wholesale and retail goods traded through a cross-border e-commerce platform from the seller’s country (region) to its buyers who are not in the same customs territory.
2. Scope of cross-border e-commerce logistics
Cross-border e-commerce logistics covers traditional international logistics links such as customs clearance, warehousing logistics, express delivery, international (inter-regional) freight business, postal business, etc., and superimposes IT (internet technology) systems such as OMS (order management system), TMS (transportation management system), WMS (warehouse management system), etc., while improving the harmony of the relationship between all parties, and gradually realizes the goals of business networking, freight productization, service standardization, warehousing automation, process digitization, process visualization, and delivery traceability. The logistics supply chain has developed from serving large enterprises in traditional trade to serving small and medium-sized cross-border sellers, and the providers of the logistics supply chain are no longer limited to logistics companies.