Logistics providers who provide first-leg services for warehousing should be able to integrate local customs clearance agencies, trailer companies, express delivery companies and other channels to make good connections after the first-leg goods are shipped. Domestic transit warehouses/collection warehouses that provide first-leg goods pre-examination will be located near convenient airports. Small and medium-sized e-commerce companies generally have weak control over goods. Although pre-examination, inspection and packaging processes are not necessary, if e-commerce companies are blind to the quality and standards of goods before they leave the country, it will increase the difficulty of subsequent work such as customs clearance, warehouse receipt, and billing. For example, a simple barcode or box mark will cause errors in the warehousing of goods, increase the workload of receiving and counting goods, and subsequent warehouse management and wrong shipments are also inevitable. Therefore, logistics providers cooperate with overseas agents to focus on checking the safety of goods, packaging standards, ticket weight, etc., take photos to collect and confirm the inner box products, brand authorization, and related certifications, and reinforce the packaging, pre-examine and forecast data, and provide timely feedback to the home channel to avoid sending unqualified goods overseas by mistake. FBA warehouses have been affected by fires several times. Amazon has increased the multiple audits of sellers’ warehouse products and further controlled the warehouse entry mechanism for non-ordinary goods. If the goods are checked and found to be correct, the seller must create an ASN arrival notice in the overseas warehouse system before preparing to ship as scheduled, forecast the warehouse’s preparation for receiving the goods, and then send out the first-leg goods.
Good packaging can protect the goods from damage, reduce the disputes caused by packaging quality, and is also an important value-added service. There are many forms of packaging, such as inner packaging, single pieces, boxes, pallets and other multi-level packaging, as well as the outermost transport packaging. Good packaging materials and packing skills can enable the goods to be properly loaded and transported, and further improve the efficiency of cargo loading and unloading. The prices of common materials such as cartons, adhesive tape, parcel bags, and wire drawing films are all rising, and e-commerce profits are falling. Avoid using boxes that are too large, easily deformed or unstable, and have printed materials on the surface in cross-border transportation. Try to separate multiple items one by one, prepare sufficient cushioning materials, and if you go to a humid and hot area, you need to take measures such as waterproof packaging and plastic sealing labels when shipping. During the peak season, when preparing goods for transfer at the FBA warehouse, the packaging specifications must comply with the platform standards to improve the efficiency of receiving goods at overseas warehouses and reduce goods damage, secondary packaging, and labeling.