What are the development trends of modern logistics?

With the entry into the new century and the acceleration of the process of global economic integration, enterprises are facing a particularly fierce competitive environment, and the flow and allocation of resources around the world have been greatly strengthened. Countries around the world pay more attention to the impact of logistics development on their own economic development, people's livelihood quality and military strength, and pay more attention to the modernization of logistics, thus making modern logistics present a series of new development trends. According to the new situation of logistics development at home and abroad, the future development trend of logistics can be summarized as informationization, networking, automation, electronization, sharing, collaboration, integration, intelligence, mobility, standardization, flexibility, socialization and globalization.

informatization

Modern society has entered the information age, and logistics informatization is an inevitable requirement and an important part of social informatization. Logistics informatization is characterized by commercialization of logistics information, coding and business intelligence of logistics information collection, computerization and computerization of logistics information processing, standardization and real-time delivery of logistics information, digitization of logistics information storage and enjoyment of logistics business data. It is the foundation of modern logistics development. Without informatization, any advanced technology and equipment can't be used smoothly. The application of information technology will completely change the face of world logistics, and more new information technologies will be widely used in the future logistics operation.

Informatization has promoted the change of logistics function and changed the leading function of product production center and business center in industrial society. The traditional logistics industry takes things as things, which is the aggregation and dispersion of things; Information society takes information as its object. Logistics no longer just delivers products, but also delivers information. For example, the gathering and dispersing functions of logistics centers are not only aimed at physical objects, but also complete the collection and transmission of various information. All kinds of information are collected, processed and used there, and then spread out for social use. In a word, the information society makes the function of logistics more powerful and forms a comprehensive service center of social economy.

Establish a working network

Networking refers to the organizational network and information network system of logistics system. Organizationally, it is the physical connection and business system between supply chain members. International Telecommunication Union (ITU) lists radio frequency identification technology (RFID), sensor technology, nanotechnology and intelligent embedded technology as the key technologies of the Internet of Things, and this process needs the support of efficient logistics network. Information network is the business operation between enterprises in the supply chain, which realizes the transmission and sharing of information through the Internet and completes the operation by electronic means. For example, the distribution center can send orders to suppliers through the online electronic ordering system, and the delivery notice to downstream dealers can also be realized through the online distribution system or even mobile handheld devices, and so on.

automation

The foundation of logistics automation is informatization, and the core is mechatronics. Its external performance is unmanned, and the effect is labor-saving. In addition, it can also expand logistics capacity, improve labor productivity and reduce mistakes in logistics operations. There are many technologies of logistics automation, such as radio frequency automatic identification, automatic warehousing, automatic access, automatic sorting, automatic guidance and automatic positioning, automatic tracking of goods and so on. These technologies have been widely used in logistics operation in developed countries. In China, although some technologies have been adopted, it will take a long time to achieve universal application.

electronize

Electronization refers to e-commerce in logistics operation. It is also based on informationization and networking. It is embodied as follows: the steps of business process are electronic and paperless; Digitization and electronization of commercial currency; Symbolization and digitization of trading commodities; The whole process of business processing is automatic and transparent; Virtualization of trading places and market space; Individualization of consumption behavior; Realizing the boundlessness between enterprises or supply chains; Market structure networking, globalization and so on. As one of the key factors in the development of e-commerce, logistics is the basis and carrier of business flow, information flow and capital flow. Electronization makes transnational logistics more frequent and the demand for logistics is stronger.

* * * Enjoy

Supply chain management emphasizes the cooperation of chain members and the efficient use of social resources as a whole, so as to meet the needs of the whole market to the maximum with the best resources. Only on the basis of establishing win-win partnership can enterprises achieve high cooperation between business processes and efficient use of resources. Only by sharing resources, information, technology, knowledge and business processes can enterprises realize the optimal allocation of social resources and the complementary advantages of logistics business, and respond to market demand quickly. In recent years, some new supply chain management strategies, such as VMI, JIT II, CPFR, 4PL, RSP and DI, have realized the sharing of information, technology, knowledge, customers and markets.

cooperate

The ever-changing market demand and increasingly fierce competitive environment require enterprises to have the collaborative ability to communicate with upstream and downstream businesses in real time. Enterprises should not only grasp the needs of customers in time, respond, track and meet the needs more quickly, but also make suppliers have predictable ability to their own needs and master the supply ability of suppliers in order to provide better supply for themselves. In order to realize logistics collaboration, partners need to enjoy business information, integrate business processes, and forecast, plan, implement and evaluate their performance. Only when enterprises truly realize all-round cooperation can logistics operations respond faster, have better foresight, have stronger anti-risk ability, reduce costs and increase benefits.

comprehensive

Logistics business consists of multiple members and links. The globalization and integration of logistics business require closer business ties among logistics members. Therefore, it is necessary to highly integrate business information, realize the integration and integrated operation of the supply chain, shorten the relative length of the supply chain, and make the logistics operation smoother, more efficient, faster and closer to customers and needs. The basis of integration is the optimization of business process and the integration of information system, both of which need the support of perfect information system to realize the integration of system, information, business, process and resources. At the same time, integration is also the basis of * * * sharing and commonality. Without integration, it is impossible to achieve * * sharing and common assimilation.

intelligentize

Intelligentization is an advanced application of automation and informatization. Logistics involves a lot of operation and decision-making, such as optimization of logistics network design, selection of transportation (handling) path and transportation load, optimization of multi-cargo assembly, scheduling and scheduling of transportation tools, determination of inventory level and selection of replenishment strategy, allocation of limited resources, selection of distribution strategy and other optimization processes, all of which need intelligent optimization tools to solve. In recent years, expert system, artificial intelligence, simulation, operational research, business intelligence, data mining, robotics and other related technologies have achieved relatively mature research results, and have been well applied in the actual logistics industry, making intelligence a new trend of logistics development and an indispensable prerequisite for the optimal operation of the Internet of Things.

liquidity

Mobility refers to the mobility of information and business processing of logistics business. This is the inevitable choice for the development of modern mobile information technology. Because logistics operations are more reflected in the movement of carriers and goods, except for temporary static storage links, others are in a moving state, so mobilization has more important and far-reaching significance to the logistics industry. The application of modern mobile information technology (communication, computer, Internet, GPS, GIS, RFID, sensors, intelligence, etc.). ) It can realize mobile data collection, mobile information transmission, mobile office, mobile tracking, mobile inquiry, mobile business processing, mobile communication, mobile navigation control, mobile detection, mobile payment, mobile service and so on. In the logistics operation, and form a closed-loop network system with these businesses and objects, can it be truly realized. Not only can logistics reduce costs, speed up response, improve efficiency and increase profits, but also make logistics more environmentally friendly, energy-saving and safe.

standardization

Standardization is the remarkable feature and development trend of modern logistics technology, and it is also the fundamental guarantee to realize modern logistics. The transportation and distribution of goods, warehousing, loading and unloading, classified packaging, distribution and processing, and the application of information technology all need scientific standards. For example, the standardization of logistics facilities, equipment and commodity packaging, information transmission, etc. Only by standardizing all aspects of the logistics system can we truly realize the informationization, automation, networking and intelligence of logistics technology. Especially in the new century of economic and trade globalization, if there is no standardization, it is impossible to realize efficient global logistics operation, which will hinder the development process of economic globalization.

flexibility

Flexibility was put forward by the field of production in the 1990s. In order to better meet the individual needs of consumers and realize a multi-variety, small-batch and flexible production mode, the international manufacturing industry has introduced the Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) to implement flexible production. Subsequently, flexibility extends to the circulation field, and organizes production and arranges logistics activities according to the demand of the supply chain terminal market. Flexibility of logistics operation is a further extension of flexibility in production field, which can help logistics enterprises better adapt to the trend of "multi-variety, small batch, multi-batch and short cycle" of consumer demand, flexibly organize and actually complete assembly line operation, provide customized logistics services for customers and meet their individual needs.

contact

Logistics socialization is also the direction of logistics development in the future, and its most obvious trend is that the logistics industry is now a third-party and fourth-party logistics service model. On the one hand, it is formed to meet the requirements of socialization of enterprise logistics activities, on the other hand, it provides social security for enterprise logistics activities. The third party, fourth party and even more service modes that may appear in the future development are the inevitable product of the development of logistics industry and a form of industrialization and specialization of logistics process. It is predicted that the next phase of logistics will develop into virtual logistics and the nth party logistics, and logistics management and other services will be gradually outsourced. This will make the logistics industry bid farewell to the vertical integrated operation mode of "small but complete, big and complete" and transform it into a new horizontal integrated logistics operation mode.

globalization

In order to realize the efficient flow and exchange of resources and commodities in the world, promote the development of regional economy and the requirements of optimal allocation of global resources, logistics operation must develop in the direction of globalization. Under the trend of globalization, the goal of logistics is to provide services for international trade and transnational operation, choose the best way and path, transport goods from the supplier in one country to the buyer in another country at the lowest cost and risk, and make the logistics systems of various countries "connect" with each other, which represents a higher stage of logistics development.

Enterprises in China are facing more fierce market competition at home and abroad. Facing the global flow and allocation of resources, more and more foreign companies are accelerating to join the China market. At the same time, a large number of China enterprises will truly integrate into the global industrial chain, which will intensify the competition between China enterprises and foreign businessmen at home and abroad and put forward higher requirements for China's logistics industry. In the new environment, China enterprises must grasp the development trend of modern logistics, use advanced management technology and information technology, improve the management ability and innovation ability of logistics operation, and enhance their competitiveness.