Guangzhou 14 logistics enterprises through standardization of 14 business costs down three percent

1.2 m × 1 meters, equivalent to the size of a table so you can imagine it leveraging millions of dollars in logistics costs it? 14 logistics enterprises standardized transformation, logistics handling efficiency three times, operating costs fell 32%. Recently, the Guangzhou Municipal Commission of Commerce Bulletin, 2015, Guangzhou logistics costs to GDP accounted for 14.7 1%, down 0.05 percentage points, the city's logistics added value 151.723 billion yuan, accounting for the proportion of GDP 8.37%, an increase of 0.28 percentage points. Promote standardization of logistics pilot simultaneously written to the "Guangzhou domestic trade development of an integrated pilot program distribution system," the next step will be the linkage including Guangzhou, Foshan, including the Pearl River Delta cities across the region Logistics Standardization.

7.2 million a year to save logistics costs

In October 2014 in Guangzhou City has been identified as one of the pilot cities standardization of logistics, the state receives an annual $ 100 million support fund for the standardization of the tray and its circulation share, urban distribution system of standardization of logistics. Guangzhou Municipal Commission of Commerce in May 2015 seleced 14 pilot project to give financial support. Guangzhou Huaxin Trading Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Huaxin") standardized whole supply chain system construction project is one of the pilot projects. "Handling 2500 boxes of goods, before standardization to six porters simultaneously fifty-six hours, after normalization, one and a half hours to get." Huaxin vice president Cai emotion, save manpower also compress time, to the enterprise, which is the cost.

Huaxin Logistics Standardization small change from the tray. Tray as a logistics unit is the smallest of the container unit, but decided logistics coherence. Reporters saw at the warehouse, pallets unified Huaxin various supply chain production line of 1.2 m × 1 m with a board in order to achieve standardization of transport, as long as the driver operating a forklift to complete bulk cargo handling. Although the cost of renovation is not small, the new China over the past year to vote 34.8298 million yuan, but after the transformation, transport cost per tons of cargo turnover fell by nearly a million. Cai calculations: Chinese new year, cargo throughput of 6 million tons, an annual saving transportation cost 6 million yuan; frontline staff handling 50% reduction in annual labor costs can be reduced 1.2 million. Pilot year, Huaxin has saved 720 million cost.

13,000 m2 warehouse was empty

Production enterprises, but also to promote the standardization of logistics automation system construction of logistics and warehousing. Zhujiang Beer in Nansha 13,000 square meters warehouse, reporters almost no man. Bottles labeled with a bar code "identity card" of the beer in the warehouse automation system in 15 minutes "running" the entire distance. Zhujiang Beer built last year in the Nansha China's beer industry's first fully automated warehouse. According to reports, from customer orders the goods out of the library, the traditional process takes about four hours after the operation automation equipment the fastest 15 minutes to complete, nearly eight percent reduction in manpower.

Such standardization of logistics and transformation projects similar Huaxin Zhujiang Beer, relates to Guangzhou manufacturing, distribution, retail and industrial categories. Through their drive, from Guangzhou to achieve the procurement of raw materials supplied to the transportation, product distribution, standardization of logistics terminal outlets closed loop mode. Guangzhou Municipal Commission of Commerce, the next step, logistics standardization Guangzhou will form a linkage in multiple industries, to promote the standardization of logistics to enhance the city's overall level. In addition, Guangzhou will join Foshan, Zhaoqing, Zhongshan, Dongguan, four pilot cities to carry out cross-regional joint standardization work, the Pearl River Delta region to establish a common circulation system tray.

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Standardization of logistics or card cost?

In the recently held in Guangzhou's logistics business forum, the Secretary-General in Guangzhou Logistics and Supply Chain Council Jiangchuan said the market there are 60 kinds of trays, according to the original manufacturers to design their own production characteristics, it is not common in the large circulation, restricted the development of the logistics industry, "the logistics industry standardization of awareness is not enough." Enterprises not only to transform the entire process tray, as well as shelves, floors, vehicles, information systems must be changed, "the cost of renovation to turn 20 times."

Guangzhou Logistics Standardization choose to implement large enterprises as a pilot, a large value of large enterprises, the transformation of the urgent need to reduce costs, while investment is guaranteed, but then the transformation of small businesses, frequently spend millions to is not easy, but very few government subsidies a part of. Tray change fails, the entire logistics standardized transformation will be stuck. Jiangchuan recommendations tray utilization is very high, and the upper reaches of the fully mated, the tray can explore socialization run, companies do not invest to buy pallets, pallet hire by companies to reduce the cost of renovation. Sui-kai Logistics Group official also suggested that standardization of logistics and information technology to combine, on a tray rental implanted electronic tags, "from Guangzhou to Beijing, to the tray whose hands, how to come back, the whole process of implementation of information management cycle. "