What is the relationship between e-commerce and logistics?

The restriction of logistics on the whole e-commerce strategy makes SAIC begin to reflect on the relationship between them. In fact, the logistics of e-commerce and the e-commerce of logistics are not simple word games, and they influence each other.

1) Logistics is an indispensable part of e-commerce.

E-commerce can be expressed by the following equation: e-commerce = online information transmission+online transaction+online payment+logistics distribution. A complete business activity must involve four flow processes: information flow, business flow, capital flow and logistics. In a sense, logistics is an important part of e-commerce and the basis and carrier of information flow and capital flow.

2) Logistics is the basis for the normal development of e-commerce.

In e-commerce, the whole process of commodity production and exchange needs the support of logistics activities. Without the support of modern logistics operation mode and efficient, reasonable and smooth logistics system, the advantages of e-commerce will be difficult to play.

3) Logistics supports the rapid development of e-commerce

With the continuous expansion and development of e-commerce, the demand for logistics is getting higher and higher, but the development of logistics activities as an entity flow is relatively backward, so to a certain extent, logistics has become the bottleneck of e-commerce development, which directly affects e-commerce, and its development plays a supporting role in the rapid development of e-commerce.

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1) E-commerce has created a virtual sports space for logistics.

In the state of e-commerce, when people carry out logistics activities, the functions and functions of logistics can be manifested through virtualization. In this virtualization process, people seek the rationalization of logistics through various combinations, so that commodity entities can achieve the highest efficiency, the least cost, the shortest distance and the least time in the actual movement process.

E-commerce can control logistics network in real time. In e-commerce, the operation of logistics is centered on information, which not only determines the direction of logistics, but also determines the operation mode of logistics. In practice, information transmission through the network can effectively control and rationalize logistics.

2) E-commerce will change the organization and management of logistics enterprises.

Under the traditional conditions, logistics is often organized and managed by an enterprise, while e-commerce requires systematic organization and management of logistics from the perspective of society to break the decentralized state of traditional logistics. This requires enterprises to consider not only the logistics organization and management of their own enterprises, but also the whole system of the whole society.

3) E-commerce will change the competitive state of logistics enterprises.

In the era of e-commerce, the content of competition between logistics enterprises that rely on their own enterprises to provide quality services and reduce logistics costs still exists, but its effectiveness is greatly reduced. The reason is that e-commerce needs a global logistics system to ensure the reasonable flow of commodity entities. For an enterprise, no matter how large it is, it is difficult to meet this requirement. This requires logistics enterprises to unite with each other in the competition and form a cooperative state, so as to realize the efficiency, rationalization and systematization of logistics.

4) E-commerce promotes the improvement of logistics infrastructure

The high efficiency and globalization of e-commerce require logistics to achieve this goal. To achieve this goal, a good transportation network, communication network and other infrastructure is the most basic guarantee. In addition, we should constantly improve the relevant legal provisions, policies and concepts.

5) E-commerce promotes the progress of logistics technology.

Logistics technology mainly includes logistics hard technology and soft technology. The level of logistics technology is an important factor to realize the level of logistics efficiency. It plays an important role in establishing an efficient logistics system suitable for e-commerce operation and accelerating the improvement of logistics technology.

Then, for SAIC, which started with logistics, e-commerce is just a new form of using IT technology to enhance its core competitiveness, and the emphasis between the two still falls on "logistics". Knowing this, SAIC finally positioned itself in the coordinates of e-commerce and logistics, and found the right direction for further selecting logistics information system.