Technology is the primary productive force. The key is how this “power” promotes “production”. Some commentators believe that Industry 4.0 smart manufacturing is the next technological wave to succeed the Internet. Based on the cyber-physical integration system, production is highly digitalized, networked and machine self-organized, which will redefine logistics.
Regardless of this prospect, at least logistics is entering the era of mobile Internet and intelligence. In the industrial chain, the traditional logistics model is engaged in simple special services with segmented and single functions. When logistics activities are scattered among different enterprises and different departments, it is difficult for various logistics elements to fully play their due role, resulting in insufficiency of resources. /p>
Balanced or idle. Under the dual effects of Internet technology and venture capital, new logistics companies have emerged in most areas of the entire logistics industry, including intra-city distribution, trunk transportation, warehousing management, and cross-border logistics. The common feature of new logistics is that it relies on data to optimize social logistics resources. Even the logistics operations provided by Google have the same goals as Cainiao Network, focusing on system and data services.
One is a logistics information and trading platform. Domestic mobile APPs that match vehicles and cargos are the mainstream, and the cross-border logistics field is dominated by bookings. Provide information services such as shipping schedules, information, basic freight rates, etc. The information can be obtained in a high real-time manner. The platform gathers international transportation resources and provides booking transactions. It includes global air ports and international logistics service providers, and realizes cargo owners (foreign trade manufacturing) and freight transportation. Act as an online transaction agent and provide cargo owners with one-stop international logistics online services including air and sea freight booking, customs declaration, trailers, warehouse interiors, insurance, etc.
The matching services of shipping logistics platforms such as Yunqunar, Da Zhanggui, Shipping City, and Jiuzhaoyu. The other is the operation system category, which develops SaaS-based logistics operation systems and hopes to use system services to enter logistics service transactions or data value-added services, warehousing, transportation, distribution, loan agency, parks, logistics finance, customs declaration and other fields. Software services may be leased or free, providing value-added logistics services such as insurance, finance, and planning.
There are many types of logistics information exchange. The most basic data collection in logistics operations and the most advanced open services are the two relatively weak layers today. They are also the two layers that can achieve “visualization, controllability and quantification” A breakthrough in intelligent logistics management. For example, Yicang WMS, oTMS, G7, as well as Tongtu, MaBang, DianXiaoMian, etc. have ERP software for logistics and shipping. The core of the sharing economy Shareconomy and CrowdLogistics is the platformization of logistics resources. Regardless of self-operated integration or socialized resource pools, credit guarantee, service experience and value-added services will be the future innovation direction of international logistics.
(1) Mobile technology, including mobile communications, mobile devices and mobile computing. The essence of logistics is mobile. Goods, transportation tools, personnel and operations are all mobile. Mobile technology can be widely used in all aspects of logistics, such as vehicle positioning, cargo tracking, instruction dispatch, customer feedback, etc.
Nowadays, smartphones are popular among consumers and gradually penetrate into the supply chain. Looking at the entire end-to-end logistics process, the degree of visibility is getting higher and higher, and mobile control methods are more diverse. Through technology-driven Business improvement and service innovation realize human-computer experience, monitoring process and interaction with customers. Mobile technology has also become the basic condition for many model innovations. Mobile positioning and data collection, mobile payment and real-time settlement, mobile identification and privacy, etc. can all be applied.
(2) Big data. Logistics is a natural data manufacturing industry. Data generated with the storage and flow of packages such as geography, time, weight, size, customers, and vehicle volume, as well as external related data such as public transportation, climate, and economy, constitute the enterprise’s data pool. .
To achieve big data-driven business, improvements can be made in three aspects: First, operational performance, improve process visibility, optimize resource allocation, reduce costs, improve efficiency and stabilize quality, such as delineating based on historical data And split delivery areas, business volume forecast and early warning, determine the commitment time limit based on the normal distribution of the line’s historical time limit, real-time optimization of delivery routes, etc.; the second is customer experience, precise customer positioning and marketing, increase customer loyalty, customer retention, such as forecasting delivery and receipt Package time preference, optimizing user interaction and service experience; the third is to innovate business models, discover new value from existing products or product portfolios, or establish new business models based on data analysis. Accuracy and prediction are the main goals of big data, but it cannot solve the “why”.
(3) Cloud computing and hybrid IT. From software as a service (SaaS) to the current IT full-service approach, such as infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, storage as a service, etc., IT resource management based on cloud services is subverting the traditional route of enterprise informatization. Social stratification of IT resources and applications has emerged, and intelligence has been re-accumulated. In terms of cost, efficiency and reliability, it will be difficult for traditional software companies and enterprise IT departments to take into account business changes and technical support.
Hardware prices have been falling all the way, and it seems that one-time investment has been reduced. However, there are black holes in costs in terms of energy consumption, communications, maintenance, reliability and scalability. Cloud computing uses effects as the measurement standard for investment, which will be more economical. IT investment. Large enterprises will also apply hybrid IT architecture. Enterprises will utilize “cloud components” while maintaining data control, private cloud + public cloud, while IT departments will focus more on rapidly changing business needs.
(4) Energy consumption terminal. Smartphones are more flexible and durable, with improvements in flexible screens, battery life, three-proofing, and multi-mode. Bring-your-own-device BYOD will become a trend. Unifying enterprise applications with employee-owned smart devices will become an asset-light initiative for IT.
Wearable smart devices will also be used in operations, not only as automatic identification and data collection AIDC devices, but also to achieve better data sharing capabilities, free up the hands of the workforce, and improve job interaction. Such as the application scenarios of smart glasses, calculation of cargo volume rates, image collection, route planning and guidance, etc.
(5) Intelligent transportation. Represented by unmanned driving, electric vehicles, augmented reality AR and low-altitude drones UAV, etc., based on technologies such as autonomous driving systems, in-vehicle Ethernet, Internet of Vehicles and real-time remote control tracking, the human-machine hybrid experience and operational performance have been greatly improved.
Unmanned driving will effectively reduce logistics labor costs and make the transportation process safer and more controllable; drones can deliver to suburbs, outlying islands and villages, meet real-time and emergency services, and be used for internal large-scale transportation within enterprises ;AR realizes the simulation and automation of information-driven operation processes through human-computer interaction and deep learning.
(6) Transmission and Internet of Things. The popularization of low-cost sensing technology will allow everything to be measured digitally, and the collection dimensions will be diversified. Data transmission between mobile devices will surpass the centralized exchange between backend servers, so that information and physical objects can truly achieve spatio-temporal consistency and achieve self-driving processes. The cases include FedEx’s SenseAware collector and Amazon’s Kiva warehouse robot AGV as cutting-edge representatives.
Technology has become a service for both internal and external enterprises. It is necessary to elevate technological leadership to the company’s strategic level and take into account the optimization and reorganization of internal business processes and external business models. However, technological innovation does not break through corporate management. “Tao magic”. Looking at the opportunities for e-commerce development in the past 10 years, the growth of the express delivery industry in the past 30 years, and even the evolution of the postal industry in the past 60 years, everything is changing. Perhaps we have no shortage of understanding of the drivers of new phenomena and research and judgment of trends, but it is still difficult to understand Mastery and reshaping of self-nature.
The positioning of an enterprise is customer selection and business design based on its unique background, differentiation and value proposition. New businesses and new technologies must also focus on their own positioning and industry advantages. If they passively adapt to external forces, the environment The general trend and business forces are full of unknowns. Some companies have evolved and some have collapsed. The new wave may have spawned new express delivery services that can rival UPS.