The 2017 Double Eleven Shopping Festival has come to an end. In this year’s Double Eleven event, the number of packages is expected to reach approximately 1.5 billion. Coupled with returns and re-delivery after shipment, it may be difficult for logistics to resume normal operations for nearly a month. Disputes caused by delayed delivery have also continued one after another, and have become a social problem. On one side is the rapidly growing volume of express delivery business, and on the other side are consumers who are increasingly "can't wait" to pick up packages. This forces the express delivery industry to think about and solve a difficult problem - how to make massive packages reach every consumer faster and better. Fast and efficient delivery has become a necessity.
Therefore, the traditional express delivery industry needs a technological revolution and transformation and upgrading, and smart logistics is the general trend.
In recent years, "smart logistics" symbolized by "Internet +" efficient logistics has accelerated. The future development direction of smart logistics is first to reduce costs and improve quality at the same time. To this end, smart logistics technology will mainly reflect four aspects: artificial intelligence, GIS technology, automatic identification and data mining. In the era of Industry 4.0, the research and development and construction of intelligent logistics systems have become the key to e-commerce competition.
It is understood that the "Wutong" system with independent intellectual property rights successfully developed by STO Express was fully launched during the "Double Eleven" period, providing integrated operation, inquiry, settlement, management and other services for domestic and international business and transshipment centers of all network outlets. YTO uses digital codes to distribute orders geographically through a "big data" system, uses data to predict the volume of parcels received at each express delivery node, and monitors real-time delivery information. Yunda has launched 13 information processing platforms and more than 50 information systems. The terminal intelligent optimization system, vehicle dynamic intelligent monitoring system, and supply chain management system including cloud warehouse can effectively cope with the express delivery peak season. The Zhongtian system independently developed by Zhongtong can provide multi-dimensional data views and quantitative basis during the "Double Eleven" period, real-time monitoring of the parcel status of various express outlets across the entire network and the transfer status of the sorting center... 12px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"/>
While continuously enhancing their hardware, express delivery companies are also increasing the pace of information technology construction. Various "black technologies" such as 4G video surveillance systems, vehicle monitoring and dispatching systems, driver en-route APP reporting, APP car check-in systems, and vehicle condition detection systems have been put into use.
At present, many e-commerce giants, including Amazon and JD.com, are developing layouts in the field of smart logistics, and Ali's huge investment intention is also obvious-to seize the future trillion-dollar smart logistics market. This also means that the competition in new retail and global logistics will enter a fierce stage.
"The era of relying on manpower to pick up and deliver packages is gone forever. In the future, intelligence and technology will play an increasingly critical role in the development of the industry. Anyone who cannot keep up with the development of the times and technology will soon lose the market and be eliminated. "The vice president of an express delivery company told reporters that the trend of "smart logistics" is in the ascendant, and more "black technologies" will be injected into the express delivery industry in the future. Now that 2017 has passed, we still need to wait and see whether smart logistics can deliver a satisfactory year-end development answer sheet at the end of the year.
