Dedicated line logistics is also a commonly used operation mode for cross-border e-commerce international logistics today. It mainly refers to specially designed international transportation lines that collect goods in domestic warehouses and send batches directly to specific countries or regions. It is highly time-sensitive. , convenient and fast, with strong regional pertinence, group packages and goods, and a weight-based billing method that is more optimized than ordinary express delivery.
Therefore, the overseas dedicated line model is generally aimed at popular lines with high demand, which requires a certain volume of goods to share costs. Real-time shipments will not cause product expiration, out-of-season, and inventory backlogs. The problem can be regarded as a cross-border export through train.
Dedicated line operation, because it is a professional division of labor in different links, who is the main operator depends on the resource integration ability, and ultimately dominates the entire door-to-door logistics service of goods. First of all, the dedicated line must consider the distribution of domestic outlets. Domestic collection and Internet speeds must be fast and centralized. From cost considerations, the distance between domestic warehouses and supply sources and air ports must be moderate to ensure that the domestic time limit is controllable, such as emerging border warehouses.
This warehouse may be provided by an e-commerce platform or a third-party logistics company, and the goods can be processed after receiving them. Secondly, all-cargo charter flights are often used for the first leg, which saves time. The price and time consumption are between postal parcels and international express delivery. However, the air freight agency market is in chaos, and the market’s translucent prices and uncertain services make it unstable, which particularly tests the position bargaining power of dedicated line companies.
The arrival city of the first leg is far away from the customer’s address, which will also affect the overall time limit. Thirdly, in terms of customs clearance, dedicated express delivery is more professional, and customs clearance is smoother when using large package DDP delivery (all costs are borne by the consignor). If there are foreign trading companies to cooperate with customs clearance, it may reduce customs clearance costs to a greater extent (for tax exemptions) Countries with low prices), SKUs must be classified and unpacked and distributed after customs clearance.
Finally, after the goods are sorted, the local postal service or express delivery is generally responsible for receiving and delivering them. For many regional express delivery companies, such as Toll in Australia, Aramex in the Middle East, OCS in Japan, and GATI in India, the delivery time of the goods is basically fixed. Dedicated lines are a relatively compromise logistics solution for cross-border e-commerce in a certain country or region.
Solving foreign customs clearance and cooperating with local postal or express delivery are the two key chains of dedicated line services. Most countries have basically formed some dedicated line channels. For example, for small parcels sent to Russia, there are products such as Esubao, Saicheng, Russiasutong, Suyoubao, and Yanwen. Dedicated line service to the United States. After the package arrives in the United States, it enters the local FedEx and USPS delivery network. In the competition for dedicated lines, it is mainly reflected in the “dedicated” aspect, taking into account economies of scale and timeliness of point-to-point routes. However, competing for supply of goods and aviation resources often leads to the undesirable phenomenon of reselling shipments and parcels, causing damage to shippers.
In addition, the dedicated line also leads to the integrated warehousing and distribution model of cross-border e-commerce, which is similar to that of domestic e-commerce. The cross-border e-commerce B2C platform leads the establishment of large-scale warehousing centers in several cities across the country. Sellers send goods to warehouses designated by the platform. When overseas consumers place orders through the B2C e-commerce platform, the platform directly passes the order to the warehousing center, and then The warehouse carries out picking, packaging and shipping, and the goods are sent to the target country or region through the platform’s cooperative logistics providers, and finally delivered to the target customers.