What modes does e-commerce logistics include?

E-commerce logistics is divided into the following four modes:

1, self-operated logistics

Self-operated logistics is in the embryonic stage of e-commerce. At that time, the scale of e-commerce enterprises was not large, and most enterprises engaged in e-commerce chose self-operated logistics. Enterprise self-supporting logistics mode refers to the e-commerce enterprise establishing its own logistics distribution system to manage the whole logistics operation process of the enterprise. In this way, enterprises will also buy warehousing services from warehousing enterprises and transportation services from transportation enterprises, but these services are limited to one or a series of decentralized logistics functions and are temporary pure market transactions. Logistics companies do not provide unique services according to their own unique business processes, that is, the loose connection between logistics services and enterprise value chain.

2. Logistics alliance

Logistics alliance is a kind of logistics cooperation relationship between manufacturing industry, sales enterprises and logistics enterprises based on formal mutual agreement. Enterprises participating in the alliance seek common interests by sharing, exchanging or unifying logistics resources. At the same time, the cooperative enterprise still maintains its independence.

There is a strong dependence between enterprises that form a logistics alliance. Every enterprise in the logistics alliance is clear about its advantages and functions in the whole logistics alliance, internal confrontation and conflict are reduced, and the division of labor is clear, so that suppliers can focus on providing services specified by customers, and ultimately improve the competitiveness and efficiency of enterprises and meet the cross-regional and all-round logistics service requirements of enterprises.

3, the third party logistics

It refers to a specialized logistics company independent of buying and selling, which undertakes part or all of the logistics functions entrusted by neighboring organizations in the supply chain for a long time in the form of contracts or contracts, provides personalized all-round logistics solutions for specific enterprises according to local conditions, realizes the rapid movement of products or services of specific enterprises to the market, and realizes complementary advantages on the basis of information sharing, thereby reducing logistics costs and improving economic benefits. It is a kind of logistics form that the third-party professional enterprise undertakes the logistics activities of the enterprise relative to the consignor of Party A and the consignee of Party B..

4, the fourth party logistics

Mainly refers to the logistics consulting services provided by consulting companies, but consulting companies are not equal to fourth-party logistics companies. At present, the domestic fourth-party logistics is only a "conceptual" fourth-party logistics company, and some logistics companies, consulting companies and even software companies in the south all claim that their companies are engaged in "fourth-party logistics" services. These companies regard no fleet and no warehouse as a fashion; It claims to have information technology, but actually lacks the ability of supply chain design; Only regard the fourth party logistics as a business speculation model.

The fourth party logistics company shall provide the logistics company with the analysis and diagnosis of the logistics system, or provide the optimization and design scheme of the logistics system. Therefore, the fourth party logistics company takes its knowledge, intelligence, information and experience as its capital to provide a whole set of logistics system consulting services for logistics customers.

Extended data:

The characteristics of e-commerce logistics are as follows:

1, informatization

In the era of e-commerce, logistics informatization is an inevitable requirement of e-commerce. Logistics informatization is manifested in the commercialization of logistics information, the database and coding of logistics information collection, the computerization and computerization of logistics information processing and the standardization of logistics information transmission.

2. Automation

The foundation of automation is informatization, the core of automation is mechatronics, the external performance of automation is unmanned, and the effect of automation is labor-saving. In addition, it can also expand logistics operation capacity, improve labor productivity and reduce logistics operation errors. There are many facilities for logistics automation, such as bar code/voice/radio frequency automatic identification system, automatic sorting system, automatic access system, automatic guided vehicle and automatic cargo tracking system. These facilities have been widely used in the logistics process in developed countries, but in China, due to the late start and low development level of the logistics industry, the popularization of automation technology will take a long time.

3. Establish a working network

Logistics e-commerce provides logistics industry-related information in the form of Internet, including freight information, air transportation information, land transportation information, shipping information, logistics industry information, logistics knowledge, laws and regulations, etc. It also provides a database of enterprises in the logistics industry, which suppliers can find, and suppliers can also publish supply information through the logistics network for logistics enterprises to cooperate with.

4. Changes in the physical logistics network

The number of warehouses will be reduced and the inventory will be concentrated. The application of distribution and JIT has enabled some enterprises to achieve zero inventory production. In the future, because the logistics industry will become the warehouse of manufacturing industry and the physical supplier of users, factories and shopping malls will realize zero inventory, and naturally there will be no more warehouses. The inventory in the distribution center will replace the scattered inventory of thousands of households in society.

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