Why is the traditional automobile industry accelerating its "decline"?

According to relevant statistics, there are about 340,000 auto parts-related merchants in China, most of which are concentrated in auto parts cities. It's no exaggeration to say that auto parts cities are the center and core of China's auto aftermarket, and most of the auto parts transactions occur in auto parts cities.

But with the rapid development of Internet technology, the new supply chain platform began to rise, and gradually eat up the share of the auto parts city, although has not yet figured out a truly viable model out, but does not affect the capital of its favor. On the contrary, the auto parts city, but around the frequent rumors of "demolition", "banning" of the event, although not yet able to shake the current mainstream position of the auto parts city, but also from the pessimistic view of the traditional model of the people are getting stronger and stronger.

Auto parts city was born in the 1990s, is a product of China's specific national conditions under a specific time. It concentrated small and large auto parts merchants scattered all over the city in one area for unified management. This cluster model promotes the exchange and competition among the merchants, which is conducive to the effective promotion of the merchants in terms of product, quality, marketing, promotion, etc., and further promotes the healthy and rapid development of the whole auto parts industry, and at the same time, relying on the volume of advantages and a full range of spare parts, the auto parts city also attracts more traffic resources, and brings more business opportunities to the merchants. It can be said that the auto parts city for the development of China's automotive aftermarket industry has made great credit.

The disadvantages of auto parts city

But nothing is perfect, such as the current new supply chain platform but it is difficult to get through the supply chain of auto parts, auto parts city there are many drawbacks. These drawbacks are also the current practitioners are most afraid of the "demolition" "banning" of the root cause.

Many auto parts city, especially the early construction of the auto parts city, a lot of hardware facilities are not perfect and not up to standard, especially the fire fighting facilities is the local government demolition, banning one of the important reasons. In addition, many auto parts city in the establishment of the beginning or in the investment did not do a clear planning, it is difficult to withstand too much traffic, so often see the auto parts city pedestrians and vehicles randomly through, chaotic, and most of the auto parts city is established in the city of the main road area, so it is easy to cause a great impact on the surrounding traffic. So whether by environmental reasons, or fire safety or urban planning and other reasons, auto parts city will often be treated as a "backward industry model" to become the focus of the fight around the object, such as a few years ago, Beijing's western suburbs of the auto parts city.

In addition, the auto parts city merchants of different sizes, different standards, it is difficult to form an effective management, product quality is mixed, branded parts, branded parts, offline parts, dismantled parts of different standards of different quality of the parts of the goods flooded the entire auto parts market, product quality can not be guaranteed, invoicing is not standardized to the detriment of the credibility of the auto parts city, the merchants of the vicious competition between the events that happen from time to time, seriously affecting the order and normal operation of the auto parts city, and the normal operation of the auto parts city. Auto parts city order and normal operation.

In addition, the rise of new platforms and new channels have also begun to eat the share of the auto parts city, most of the country's auto parts city since 2012, the volume of transactions has been shrinking. Although many supply chain platform model is still immature, in warehousing, logistics, SKU is difficult to compare with the auto parts city, but the new model also has a lot of auto parts city does not have the advantage of its price, service, information technology is not comparable to the auto parts city; the new platform model is not yet cured, adaptive ability, and with the gradual increase in capital, the gradual improvement of the offline hardware facilities, the auto parts city currently has the advantages of warehousing, logistics and so on. Have the advantages of warehousing, logistics, etc. will also be erased. From the current situation, the current auto parts market is about 20-30% of the share of the auto parts chain and supply chain platform, and this trend will intensify.

The advantages of auto parts cities

But in a short period of time, it is difficult to replace the mainstream position of auto parts cities, which are still the preferred channel for the needs of most auto repair shops. On wearing parts and standard parts, the share of repair shops to get goods from the auto parts city is about 50%; on the whole car parts, 70%-80% of the share from the auto parts city.

Because the existence is reasonable, the existence of the reason for its existence. Auto parts city from the birth of now has more than 20 years, and has been as the mainstream channel of the auto parts circulation industry, there must be other channels, including many of the current new platform, new models do not have the advantages and features.