Throughout the operation process of refined oil sales, logistics plays an extremely important role. The transportation and inventory of refined oil from refinery to oil depot and then from oil depot to gas station occupy quite high operating costs. In recent years, a very professional information technology term-"refined oil secondary distribution optimization system" has appeared frequently in China's refined oil sales market and is widely known. The system has been implemented in hundreds of oil depots and tens of thousands of gas stations of China Petroleum and China Petrochemical, which has made the managers of enterprises see great changes and achieved remarkable business results. In the words of a refined oil sales manager, the "refined oil secondary distribution optimization system" has made a qualitative leap in the traditional refined oil sales industry.
On June 20, the reporter interviewed Dr. Zou Biao, general manager of Greater China of Aspen Technology Co., Ltd., a famous process industry solution provider, on the optimization of refined oil sales and distribution business.
Dr Zou Biao said: "Aspen Technology Co., Ltd. is a software provider that provides optimized solutions for the process industry. Our professionals have a deep background in the petrochemical industry. Our refined oil distribution optimization solution AspenRetail has been widely used around the world. Many world-renowned oil companies such as ExxonMobil, BP, Total and Chevron have adopted AspenRetail for the secondary distribution optimization system of refined oil. "
Secondary distribution is a very important link in the supply chain of refined oil sales and is the core of operation. After AspenRetail is used for secondary distribution optimization, it can optimize and effectively reduce the inventory of gas stations; Establish a sales forecasting system to predict the sales of gas stations in the next few days; Establish an oil replenishment model and calculate the distribution windows of different vehicles; Establish an optimal dispatching model to optimize dispatching transportation and improve the utilization rate of transportation resources. Relying on the successful implementation of AspenRetail project, refined oil sales enterprises can realize the optimal operation of the secondary logistics distribution system of refined oil and improve the management and operation level of refined oil distribution; Reduce the cost of secondary distribution and increase retail profit; Improve the response speed of provincial and municipal oil branches to the market and expand market share; At the same time, refined oil sales enterprises can also take this opportunity to constantly absorb and digest foreign advanced management methods and concepts in institutional reform and system reform, and promote the flattening of sales enterprises' institutions and management specialization. This improves the overall quality of enterprises, greatly shortens the distance with the refined oil sales industry in developed countries, and helps China refined oil sales enterprises to enhance their competitiveness and face the fierce competition situation after the opening of the refined oil market.
Using advanced information technology to promote the scientific development of enterprises has become an important way for major oil companies in the world to improve their management level. Not long ago, in the global refined oil sales business, BP successfully implemented the second distribution optimization system and the first distribution optimization system, and then implemented Aspen's IMOS (Inventory Management and Operation Scheduling Optimization System), which realized the integration of multiple optimization systems and ERP systems, and promoted the optimization of the refined oil supply chain of the whole enterprise to a higher level.
As the new general manager of Espen Greater China, Dr. Zou Biao said that China is one of Espen's most important markets. Since 1983 entered the China market, Espen has been committed to serving petrochemical enterprises in China and has achieved many important results. Through years of successful operation in China, Espen has gradually realized that although Espen has world-leading advantages in process industry production process informationization, supply chain technology, engineering design suite and factory operation optimization solutions, these advantages can only be fully reflected by closely combining the actual business processes of China users and the specific national conditions of China, and truly achieving a win-win situation between Espen and China petrochemical enterprises, which is also the goal that Espen has been pursuing.