How traditional warehousing to modern logistics transformation

1. Improve the logistics and distribution functions. Traditional wholesale is also being transformed into modern logistics, but the traditional storage and transportation to modern logistics after the transformation of the functional positioning should be differentiated from the traditional wholesale to modern logistics function positioning, positioning will cause and intensify the traditional wholesale and traditional storage and transportation into a modern logistics competition, not conducive to the development of these two types of business. Traditional wholesale into modern logistics after the positioning is to undertake both business flow and logistics, focusing on the business flow for wholesale enterprises to provide logistics, distribution services, it should be wholesale experts, wholesale enterprises need a lot of liquidity to maintain normal business; and traditional storage and transportation after the shift to modern logistics, its function should be positioned in the purchase and sale of both sides to provide specialized, socialized logistics, distribution services, it should be Become a real logistics, distribution experts, belonging to the third party outside the purchase and sale, therefore, foreign countries to such logistics called third-party logistics.

Traditional storage and transportation in order to improve the function, according to the requirements of modern logistics characteristics, may also provide some extension of the extension, the connotation of the deepening of the supporting, series of agency services, some of which are already in the category of the commercial flow of services, but by the logistics operators, such as settlement of payments on behalf of the buyer and seller, market surveys and forecasts, the provision of purchasing information and consulting services, the agent of the supplier to undertake a certain amount of commodity promotion, shop display and other activities. Promotions, store merchandise display and other activities, these are called value-added services in foreign countries, is a modern logistics should vigorously provide services, but these are only auxiliary activities of the commercial flow, the logistics provider does not use a large amount of liquidity to engage in the actual purchase and sale of commodities, i.e., the logistics provider warehouses in the commodities are other people's rather than their own, which is a great deal of difference with the wholesaler. Traditional storage and transportation and traditional wholesale role division of labor is regulated by the market economy, although they can be transformed into exactly the same form of modern logistics, but from the point of view of competition, the two transformed into modern logistics or to maintain the positioning of the differences between the good.

2. Establishment of logistics centers, distribution centers. Traditional storage and transportation enterprises from the logistics center, distribution center is only one step away from the traditional storage and transportation enterprises to modern logistics should also be the easiest to transform. Similar to the previous question, by the traditional storage and transportation enterprises into logistics centers, distribution centers should be distinguished in the functional positioning. Based on traditional storage and transportation, the establishment of logistics centers, distribution centers can take the following forms:

(1) and manufacturers **** built. Become the manufacturer's stockists, transporters, transporters, distributors, distribution and processing base and manufacturer's own logistics base of the back-up;

(2) and wholesalers **** built. Become a wholesaler's stockist, transporter, distributor, distribution processing base and wholesaler's own logistics base of the backup;

(3) with retailers **** build. Become a back-up for retailers' stockists, distributors, distribution processing bases and retailers' own logistics bases;

(4) Build with other organizations***. Become the back-up of other organizations' stockists, transporters, transshipment providers, distribution providers, distribution processing bases and their own logistics bases to provide third-party logistics services for the community;

(5) Logistics providers establish themselves independently. Provide third-party logistics services for manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and other organizations.

Storage and transportation enterprises to establish logistics centers, distribution centers and traditional storage and transportation enterprises with different management, the need for facilities and equipment conditions are different, investors and business managers should be distinguished.

3. Strengthen network construction. Storage and transportation enterprises are specialized in logistics, distribution of enterprises, traditional storage and transportation for the land, sectoral division of the phenomenon is more serious, different industries, storage and transportation enterprises, although in the same city in the same area of their respective storage and transportation facilities are only separated by a wall, but can not be *** with, can not form a network, which affects the ability of these enterprises to rationally organize the logistics activities within a wide range. Modern logistics requires storage and transportation enterprises have the ability to complete in the shortest possible time in any region (including international) logistics tasks, while logistics costs should also be reasonable. Without this ability, commodity supply, replenishment and distribution of timeliness will not be guaranteed, will affect the market share of goods. To accomplish this task, it is necessary to establish a logistics network in any region, which can never be accomplished by a single enterprise. In fact, there are enough logistics resources in any region, just not linked into a network. Therefore, in the modern logistics conditions, storage and transportation enterprises must be as far as possible horizontal integration, open up their logistics resources.

4. Deepen storage and transportation reform. China's traditional storage and transportation has always been the implementation of the "no loss, no gain, a small surplus" business approach, now barely survive, but is also difficult, no reform absolutely no way out.

The above discussed the characteristics of modern logistics and traditional storage and transportation to modern logistics transformation of the main methods. Take the above measures can promote the traditional storage and transportation to modern logistics transformation. But to make the traditional storage and transportation to meet the requirements of the eight characteristics of modern logistics, we may also need to spend decades of time, at present, can not venture, blindly seeking foreign, only according to the actual situation and gradually promote this transformation, and ultimately transformed into a modern logistics with international standards.