E-commerce is produced and constantly improved in the interactive development of computer technology and network communication technology. Especially in recent years, with the emergence of new information technology, many companies can realize e-commerce functions better, faster and cheaper. E-commerce represents the development direction of future trade mode. How to promote the development of modern logistics industry? This is the focus of this article.
1 E-commerce plays a vital role in the development of modern logistics industry.
The emergence and rise of e-commerce has a far-reaching impact on the development of modern logistics industry and the operation of logistics enterprises;
1. 1 E-commerce provides a good operating platform for logistics enterprises and greatly saves the total transaction cost of society.
Although logistics management also has the characteristics of general enterprise management, it also has its unique personality. Most of the content of logistics management involves the contact and coordination between various departments within the enterprise. Therefore, logistics management is a blind spot and difficulty in enterprise management. Poor operation will lead to low logistics efficiency of enterprises, and even low operation efficiency of the whole enterprise.
E-commerce just provides a good operating platform for logistics management. In the e-commerce environment, enterprises at all nodes in the supply chain can better realize information sharing, strengthen the connection in the supply chain, improve the productivity of enterprises and provide greater added value for products.
1.2 e-commerce greatly facilitates the collection and transmission of logistics information.
Information is of great significance to enterprise management. In the e-commerce environment, advanced information exchange means including EDI and barcode POS system are widely used, which greatly improves work efficiency, reduces errors caused by manual operation and reduces operating costs. Figure 2 is a typical EDI system:
More importantly, e-commerce system can collect a lot of market information. Through the processing and processing of this information, it is easy to obtain valuable business information and intelligence, such as customer's order quantity, purchasing habits, changing characteristics of commodity demand and so on. These materials are of great value to enterprises in formulating management policies, commodity development and sales.
2 the impact of e-commerce on the development of modern logistics industry
2. 1 informatization
In the era of e-commerce, logistics informatization is an inevitable requirement of e-commerce. Logistics informatization is characterized by commercialization of logistics information, database and coding of logistics information collection, electronization and computerization of logistics information processing, standardization and real-time delivery of logistics information, and digitalization of logistics information storage. Therefore, barcode technology, database technology, electronic ordering system EOS, electronic data interchange EDI, quick response QR and effective customer response ECR, enterprise resource planning ERP and other technologies and concepts will be widely used in logistics. Informatization is the foundation of everything. Without logistics informatization, any advanced technology and equipment can not be applied in the field of logistics. The application of information technology and computer technology in logistics will completely change the face of world logistics.
2.2 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, which can expand logistics operation capacity, improve labor productivity and reduce logistics operation mistakes.
2.3 networking
The foundation of networking in logistics field is also informatization. Networking here has two meanings: one is the computer communication network of logistics distribution system, including the communication between logistics distribution center and suppliers or manufacturers through computer network, and the communication with downstream customers through computer network. For example, in the process of placing orders with suppliers, computer communication can be used. With the help of electronic ordering system (EOS) and electronic data interchange (EDI) on the value-added network (VAN), the process of collecting orders from downstream customers by the logistics distribution center through the computer network can also be completed automatically. The second is the networking of organizations, which is also called intranet. For example, the computer industry in Taiwan Province Province created a "global logistics production and marketing model" in the 1990s. The basic point of this model is to organize production according to customers' orders, and the production takes a decentralized form, that is, using all the computer resources in the world, all the parts and chips of a computer are outsourced to global manufacturers for production, and then these parts and chips are sent to the same logistics distribution center for assembly through the global logistics network, and the latter will assemble them. This process needs an efficient logistics network to support it. Of course, logistics network is based on information and computer network.
Logistics networking is the necessity of logistics informatization, and it is also one of the main characteristics of logistics activities under e-commerce. The availability of global network resources such as the Internet and the popularization of network technology provide a good external environment for logistics networking, which is unstoppable.
2.4 Intelligent
This is an advanced application of logistics automation and informatization. A large number of operations and decisions in the process of logistics operation, such as the determination of inventory level, the choice of transportation (handling) path, the trajectory and operation control of automatic guided vehicles, the operation of automatic sorting machines, and the decision support of logistics distribution center management, all need a lot of knowledge to solve. In the process of logistics automation, logistics intelligence is an unavoidable technical problem. Fortunately, expert systems, robots and other related technologies have already achieved relatively mature research results in the world. In order to improve the level of logistics modernization, intelligent logistics has become a new trend of logistics development under e-commerce.
2.5 flexibility
Flexibility was originally put forward in the field of production to realize the concept of "customer-centered", but to achieve real flexibility, that is, to really adjust the production process according to the changes of consumer demand, it is impossible to achieve the goal without a supporting flexible logistics system. In 1990s, the concepts and technologies of flexible manufacturing system (FMS), computer integrated manufacturing system (CIMS), manufacturing resource system (MRP), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and supply chain management were introduced into the international production field. The essence of these concepts and technologies is to integrate production and circulation, organize production and arrange logistics activities according to the demand side. Therefore, flexible logistics is a new logistics model developed to meet the needs of production, circulation and consumption. This requires the logistics distribution center to flexibly organize and implement logistics operations according to the characteristics of "multi-variety, small batch, multi-batch and short cycle" of consumer demand.
In addition, the standardization of logistics facilities and commodity packaging, socialization and assimilation of logistics are also new characteristics of logistics in the e-commerce environment.
3 E-commerce promotes the development trend of modern logistics industry
In the era of e-commerce, due to the expansion of the sales scope of enterprises, the changes in the sales methods of enterprises and merchants and the purchase methods of final consumers, home delivery and other services have become an extremely important service business, which has promoted the rise of the logistics industry. The logistics industry can provide complete logistics services, as well as transportation and distribution, warehousing, packaging, distribution and processing industries to get compensation. It mainly includes warehousing enterprises, transportation enterprises, loading and unloading, distribution enterprises and distribution processing industries. Informatization, globalization, multi-function and first-class service level have become the goals pursued by logistics enterprises under e-commerce.
3. 1 Multifunctional-Development Direction of Logistics Industry
In the era of e-commerce, logistics has developed to the intensive stage. The comprehensive distribution center not only provides warehousing and transportation services, but also carries out distribution, distribution and various distribution and processing services to increase added value, and can also provide other services according to customer needs. Modern supply chain management is to optimize logistics through the comprehensive operation of the supply chain from suppliers to consumers. Enterprises pursue comprehensive and systematic comprehensive effects.
3.2 First-class service-the pursuit of logistics enterprises
Under e-commerce, the logistics industry is a third party between suppliers and buyers, with service as the first purpose. From the current situation of logistics, logistics enterprises should not only serve the local area, but also provide remote services. Because customers not only want to get good service, but also want to have more than one service point. High-quality and systematic service enables logistics enterprises to form strategic partnership (or strategic alliance) with shippers. On the one hand, help the client's products enter the market quickly and improve their competitiveness; On the other hand, logistics enterprises have stable resources. For logistics enterprises, service quality and service level have gradually become more important than price.
3.3 Informatization-the only way for modern logistics industry
In the era of e-commerce, to provide the best service, the logistics system must have a good information processing and transmission system. In large distribution companies, ECR and JIT systems are generally established. With it, customers can produce whatever they want, avoiding blind production. Generally, the number of warehouse goods turnover is about 20 times a year, which can be increased to 24 times if effective means of customer information feedback are adopted. Through JIT system, sales feedback information can be quickly obtained from retail stores. Distribution not only realizes internal information networking, but also increases the tracking information of distributed goods, thus greatly improving the service level of logistics enterprises and reducing costs.
3.4 Globalization-the trend of competition among logistics enterprises
In the early 1990s, due to the emergence of e-commerce, the integration of global economy was accelerated, and the development of logistics enterprises reached the transnational level. It collects the required resources from many different countries, then processes them and exports them to other countries, such as the computer industry in Taiwan Province Province mentioned earlier.
The trend of globalization strategy makes logistics enterprises and production enterprises more closely linked and forms a socialized division of labor. Manufacturers concentrate on manufacturing products, reduce costs and create value; Logistics enterprises focus on logistics services. The demand satisfaction system of logistics enterprises has gone further than before. For example, in the distribution center, it acts as an agent for customs declaration, temporary storage, handling, distribution and necessary distribution of imported goods, and realizes the service from commodity import to delivery to consumers through one-stop service.