On May 28, 2013, Alibaba Group, Intime Group, Fosun Group, Fuchun Group, SF Express, STO Express, YTO Express, ZTO Express, Yunda Express, and related financial institutions jointly announced the launch of the China Smart Logistics Backbone Network (CSN) project, and the establishment of Cainiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. jointly established by the parties. “Cainiao” has a small name but great ambitions. Its goal is to build an open social logistics platform through 5 to 8 years of efforts. The routes include the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong, China.
Cainiao export logistics order processing process.
(1) Order acceptance: The Cainiao system automatically captures online transaction orders.
(2) Order review: The customer reviews the order online.
(3) Express selection: The Cainiao system selects the express company based on the customer.
(4) Check for excess areas: Check whether there are orders that exceed the delivery range of the express company based on the delivery range of each operating outlet of the express company.
(5) Printing: Printing the express delivery label (the content can be printed according to customer requirements); Printing the batch sorting sheet (mainly used for seeding sorting strategy); Printing the sorting sheet (also known as sales order, etc.).
(6) Sorting: The sorter sorts the products according to the order.
(7) Packing: The packer puts the sorted products into the packaging box matched by the system.
(8) Verification and weighing: The reviewer checks whether the packed products are correct and weighs them.
(9) Sealing: The packer repacks the verified order, adds fillers according to the order requirements, seals the box, and affixes the express delivery label.
(10) Outbound: Hand over the packaged express to the courier.
(11) Intercepting orders: According to customer needs, we can set strategies to intercept orders that have not been shipped out of the warehouse and orders that have been shipped out of the warehouse (express items) under different circumstances.
Cainiao import logistics order processing process: cross-border e-commerce buyers purchase goods abroad and send them to Cainiao overseas warehouses. Cainiao will pack them uniformly and bring them into the country in a collection manner. After the customs list is checked and released, they will be delivered to consumers.