The Significance of Choice in Logistics Management

Question 1: What does logistics sorting mean? Logistics sorting: generally speaking, it means to distinguish packaging. In logistics companies, express delivery companies, postal services, etc. They are classified according to the place of arrival and the same place: many small pieces are packed into one piece, the whole piece. In foreign countries or more developed cities, express delivery companies have sorting equipment, which can be distinguished by bar code scanning.

Question 2: Who can choose a new tobacco logistics center? The total investment in cigarette logistics infrastructure construction of commercial enterprises in tobacco industry is 65.438+03.6 billion yuan, with a total logistics land area of nearly 65.438+00000 mu, a total construction area of 3.09 million square meters and a total storage capacity of 3.03 million boxes. The completion of these logistics infrastructures has met the actual needs of cigarette sorting and distribution, established the image of modern logistics in the industry and laid a material foundation for the current and future development of the industry.

At present, 98 of the 99 delivery points of industrial enterprises have completed system deployment and installed 9067 sets of vehicle-mounted equipment, and the utilization rate of industrial systems has reached 71.8%; All the commercial enterprises in China have deployed hand-held devices at 38 1 arrival points, and 799 hand-held controllers are equipped. The level of logistics informatization of industrial and commercial enterprises has been continuously improved, and it is actively moving towards the goal of "comprehensive perception, comprehensive coverage, comprehensive control and comprehensive improvement".

To develop tobacco logistics, we must first further optimize the operation process, re-divide the cigarette visit and sales cycle according to the principles of science, rationality and efficiency, design a more scientific distribution route, realize the seamless connection of cigarette sorting, warehousing and distribution, and strive to improve customer response speed.

Secondly, we must form a strong competitiveness in terms of cost. On the one hand, as a logistics center, independent accounting should be fully implemented. The establishment of independent accounting mechanism is conducive to stimulating managers' awareness of cost management and is the basis of cost analysis and cost control. On the other hand, it is an effective means to establish the cost advantage of tobacco logistics distribution by truly forming the cost competitive advantage, generating scale benefits through scale operation, breaking the administrative division and exploring the regional distribution model.

In addition, tobacco logistics should also focus on providing punctual delivery, providing information inquiry service for cigarette delivery, and establishing its own service advantages.

In a word, modern logistics is the competitive advantage of the tobacco industry in the future, and tobacco enterprises should build modern logistics from the height of building the core competitiveness of the industry, so as to further consolidate the existing network channels.

2 Editor's brief introduction

The automatic cigarette sorting system was designed in March 2005 and put into production in May 2006. The successful development of the system provides a brand-new and effective automation technology platform for tobacco companies to improve cigarette sorting ability, speed, accuracy and timeliness, reduce logistics operating costs, improve workers' working conditions and improve service quality to retail customers. The scientific connotation and strict system quality of the system in terms of process, coordination and technology will also effectively promote and promote the improvement of internal management level and personnel quality of tobacco companies. Now the basic situation of this system is introduced as follows.

System design principle

The positioning of Beijing tobacco logistics center construction project is applicable; The second is advanced. The overall design of the system should not only meet the actual use needs, but also adapt to the changes of future business models and the development of technology, and also consider its demonstration and display functions, so it is necessary to grasp the integration and unity of applicability and advancement. To this end, the following nine principles have been determined in the design work:

1. practicability: the system design must first meet the business operation requirements under the current marketing system.

2, economy: based on domestic technology, domestic equipment, self-study to solve technical problems. In the current situation of unbalanced daily cigarette sales and various varieties, the basic design parameters of the system should be scientifically determined and the system resources and equipment should be rationally allocated. Reduce the construction cost and save the future system operation cost.

3. Rationality of the process: strive for scientific, complete, ingenious and applicable sorting process design, simple process path, one-way downstream logistics, and avoid circuitous and reverse logistics paths.

4. Moderately advanced: the system is required to have a high level of automation, but the degree of automation is not required for secondary, complex, low-level standardized process links that cannot change the status quo temporarily.

5. System flexibility: The system should be able to adapt to the sorting operation of cigarette products with different packaging specifications and different packaging forms. Problems in the operation of one subsystem will not affect the normal work of other subsystems; The failure of one part of the subsystem does not affect the normal work of other parts.

6. Extensibility: The system should have the functions of expansion and adjustment, adopt modular structure design, and reserve expansion interfaces for future business, so as to facilitate the expansion of each functional module, and reserve space for the whole system with the development of future business to avoid repeated investment in system expansion, and at the same time reserve interfaces with other systems in the center.

7. Efficient principle: research, develop and adopt high-speed and efficient sorting technology and equipment.

8. Reliability principle: Reliability is one of the most important technical indicators. It is necessary to ensure the reliability of the whole system through the reliability of each subsystem and the reliability of each device. In the design stage, it will cause ... >>

Question 3: What is a logistics warehouse sorter? To put it bluntly, it is a commodity dealer.

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Question 5: What does it mean that the express sorting list is completed? It is classified by region and ready to be sent to the corresponding region.

Question 6: What does it mean that Vientiane Logistics Sorting Center has been put into storage? ! I haven't moved for two days and haven't said anything. I am very tired to see this logistics center. Beijing has given it to me. I want to see how many days it took. I haven't received it for six days, which doesn't even mean sending it. The sorting center has been transferred to 13 department, and 13 has been transferred to 19 department. Who knows where the department 19 has been transferred!

Question 7: What does routing logistics mean? Routing Path: Standard alternatives include horizontal routing, return routing, midpoint routing and return routing with the largest gap.

Supplementary method: standard substitution includes equal space for each product category and equal supply time for each product category.

Picking Logic: Order Picking and Batch Picking

At the level of distribution network, tactical decision-making mainly involves inventory management and distribution path optimization. It should be noted that logistics may need to manage forward flow and reverse flow.

Question 8: What are the operation links in the operation of the distribution center? For enterprise logistics distribution center, its operation management mainly includes the following links:

1. Receiving link: The basic elements in this link include the accuracy of receiving goods, the rationality of the allocation of goods spaces and the timeliness of putting them on the shelves. It is the key point of receiving goods to form inventory in time for timely delivery. In addition, the accuracy of location data directly affects the efficiency and accuracy of picking, so receiving goods is very important in the whole operation process. In most cases, receiving goods is even one of the most important links.

2. Storage link: The accuracy of inventory is determined by many aspects, and the usual maintenance and arrangement is a very important link. The messy shelves can't meet the requirements of inventory accuracy. Timely inventory can always maintain the accuracy of inventory at a high level.

Pick-up link: Pick-up is usually one of the links that logistics managers are most concerned about, but it is only a very common link among many links, because many elements of pick-up link, such as pick-up efficiency and pick-up accuracy, are not completely determined by pick-up itself. The validity of ABC classified storage, the principle of wave distribution, the optimization of picking path, the method of checking, and even the printing method of picking labels all restrict the picking efficiency in different aspects. For large logistics distribution centers, picking efficiency is an important index that managers are very concerned about. This depends not only on the process design and management itself, but also on the means chosen.

4. Delivery link: The key element of delivery link is the timeliness and accuracy of delivery. The usual indicator is to investigate the time from picking goods to loading and delivery (of course, this depends on the management of transportation). In fact, in the delivery process, efficient collection management and review strategy are the factors that determine the efficiency of the delivery process. This is particularly important in large-scale logistics distribution centers.

5. Return link: Some returns are relatively simple, such as medicines and food; Some of them are complicated, such as clothes and books. For complex return business, there should be a special system to support it, and we can't simply adopt the strategy of receiving goods. Because the return will form a new inventory, the importance of return processing is self-evident. From the manager's point of view, the timeliness of return is one of the most important indicators.

6. Transport link: Transport link has become an indispensable part in the logistics process. Its basic elements are mainly transportation time and transportation quality (such as the protection and safety of goods, etc. Of course, transportation cost is also one of the elements, but it has nothing to do with transportation management itself.

7. Information processing links: In fact, the realization of all links can not be separated from the support of information systems. Looking at the information processing link separately, its basic elements include the effect of information system maintenance (reflected in stability, fault handling time and so on. ), information system's support for major operation links, and information system's security. Information systems are everywhere in modern logistics distribution centers. Without the support of information system, modern logistics system will not work normally.

8. Customer service: The content of customer service mainly includes communication with customers, such as order acceptance, order modification confirmation, return confirmation, order tracking service and complaint handling. According to the principle of ISO9000 certification, the purpose of any business activity is to satisfy customers. From this point of view, the importance of customer service is highlighted.

9. Equipment and system maintenance: From the production activity itself, equipment maintenance is a major event related to normal production. But managers often ignore this point. What can have a greater impact on efficiency and cost than normal and stable production? In the logistics distribution center, the range of equipment is very wide, and the importance of each equipment is different. Preparing enough spare parts and strictly implementing the maintenance plan are the basic elements of equipment and system maintenance, and the performance result is the index of equipment integrity and availability.

Question 9: The difference between e-commerce logistics and traditional logistics warehousing management The key factors that affect the huge difference between e-commerce warehousing logistics and traditional retail logistics are mainly the customers it faces, the number of orders, the number of orders, the real-time order, the accuracy of orders, the volatility of orders, and the return of goods. How will these key factors affect the planning and operation of e-commerce warehousing logistics? The following are some key points that need to be implemented in detail.

(a) The average number of order lines is small.

Traditional retail logistics has dozens or even hundreds of order lines, and these goods may be distributed in every corner of the warehouse. They are selected according to the order, and the warehouse walks around to complete the order selection. There are only a few order lines in e-commerce warehousing and logistics, most of which, such as JD.COM and Dangdang, will not exceed 10, and a few stores, such as 1, will be between 10 and 20. If you still choose to pick goods according to the orders commonly used in traditional retail logistics, you need to walk a lot in the warehouse every time to pick up a few pieces. Statistical analysis of a large number of actual combat data shows that as much as 70% of the time in the picking process is spent walking. Therefore, it is necessary to design a picking trip, which can complete multiple orders at the same time and improve picking efficiency, such as picking first and then sowing, or combining picking and sowing.

(B) the stock of a single SKU is small

Compared with traditional retail, e-commerce sales platform is not limited by traditional storefront space. Therefore, in order to attract and meet the needs of more customers, e-commerce sales SKUs should be more comprehensive, such as Amazon and Dangdang, with hundreds of thousands and millions of SKUs. However, since the storage space cannot be expanded indefinitely, how to put more SKUs in the limited storage space requires less stocking for each SKU. Therefore, the storage units in e-commerce warehousing logistics are mainly boxes, not traditional pallets. From the perspective of selecting storage equipment, we mainly choose box-type shelves, such as shelves or medium-sized shelves, rather than pallet shelves. In terms of operation strategy, most SKUs are integrated with warehousing and picking, and a small number of SKUs allocate storage and picking space respectively, and there are replenishment operations from warehousing to picking.

(3) The requirement for the correctness of operation is high.

Compared with traditional industries, the e-commerce industry has higher and stricter requirements for the accuracy of warehousing and logistics operations. Therefore, in the internal operation of e-commerce warehousing and logistics, we need to do our utmost to ensure the accuracy of picking goods. For the goods to be shipped out after picking, we need to do 100% full inspection, and in most cases we need to pack them. Therefore, in the planning and operation of e-commerce warehousing logistics, besides picking goods, how to improve the efficiency of audit/packaging is also a top priority.

(d) Require real-time operation.

In recent years, many e-commerce companies, such as JD.COM, have rushed to introduce ultra-short delivery time. COM's 2 1 1 delivery, Yi Xun's three deliveries a day, etc. The warehouse is required to complete order selection, review, packaging and other operations within 1 and 2 hours. Compared with the traditional retail order response time of 24 hours or 48 hours, e-commerce warehousing and logistics operations should ensure the production of orders as soon as they arrive, and complete the production of orders in a short time. Therefore, how to improve the response speed of orders is also a research focus.

(5) The order is highly volatile.

E-commerce promotion activities such as Shuang 1 1, Shuang 12, and store celebration day have attracted a large number of orders, and it is not uncommon to see news that they cannot reach customers within ten days and a half. It can be seen that the orders of e-commerce are very unstable. In the planning and design of e-commerce warehousing and logistics, the configuration of the site/personnel/equipment is flexible enough to meet the large-scale launch during the promotion period, and it is fast. At the same time, there are often some group buying/gathering cost-effective activities for single items or combination packages, which will also attract a large number of temporary orders and have extremely high requirements for back-end e-commerce warehousing and logistics. Therefore, in the logistics planning and process design of e-commerce, we also need to focus on the rapid production of such activity orders, and even design a special distribution process.

(6) The return flow is large.

Due to the characteristics of the e-commerce industry, customers can't see the real thing, so they can only place an order according to the pictures and text descriptions. When receiving the physical object, there may be a big gap with the psychological expectation. Therefore, compared with traditional retail logistics, e-commerce has a lot of returns. For the back-end e-commerce warehousing logistics, it is necessary to have a strong ability to handle returns, quickly select returns, and ensure that returns can be put on the shelves in time.

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Question 10: the meaning and basic principles of distribution. Distribution refers to the logistics activities in which goods are selected, processed, packaged, divided, assembled and distributed in an economical and reasonable area according to customers' requirements, and delivered to designated places on time. Distribution is a special and comprehensive activity form in logistics, which is a close combination of business flow and logistics, including business flow activities and logistics activities, and also a form of several functional elements in logistics.

Connotation of the concept of distribution

1. Distribution provides logistics services, so meeting customers' demand for logistics services is the premise of distribution.

1) In the buyer's market, the customer's demand is flexible and changeable, and the consumption characteristics are multi-variety and small batch. Therefore, in this sense, distribution activities are by no means simple delivery activities, but should be a business activity based on marketing planning.

2) In the buyer's market, customers' demand is flexible and changeable, and consumption is characterized by many varieties and small batches. A single distribution function cannot meet customers' demand for logistics services, so distribution activities are the unity of many logistics activities. (As stated in China's "Logistics Terminology". Some scholars believe that distribution is "small logistics". Only the degree is lower and the scope is narrower than that of the large logistics system. In this sense, the logistics function contained in distribution activities should be more comprehensive than that proposed in China's "Logistics Terminology".

2. Distribution is an organic combination of "distribution" and "delivery".

The so-called "reasonable distribution" means that before delivery, the delivery activities must be reasonably organized and planned according to the needs of customers. Only through "organization and planning" can we realize the so-called "low cost and fast delivery" in modern logistics management, and then effectively meet the needs of customers.

3. Distribution means delivery in a positive and reasonable area.

Distribution is not suitable for large-scale implementation, and is usually limited to one city or region.

Elements of distribution

Collect goods

Collecting goods means collecting scattered or small batches of goods for transportation and distribution.

Collecting goods is an important part of distribution. In order to meet the delivery requirements of specific customers, it is sometimes necessary to collect the items ordered from several or even dozens of suppliers and deliver the required items to designated containers and places.

Collecting goods is the preparation workbench or basic work of distribution. One advantage of distribution is that it can concentrate customers on a certain scale.

arrange

Sorting is the operation of sorting and stacking articles according to their varieties and the order of entry and exit.

Sorting is a functional element that distinguishes distribution from other logistics forms, and it is also an important supporting work for the success or failure of distribution. It is the preparation to improve and support the delivery, and it is the inevitable extension for different distribution enterprises to compete in the delivery process and improve their own economic benefits. Therefore, it can also be said that sorting is an inevitable requirement for the development of delivery to advanced forms. With sorting, the delivery service level will be greatly improved.

distribute

Distribution is the use of various sorting equipment and transmission devices, according to customer requirements, to sort out the stored items and send them to the designated distribution location with complete equipment.

assemble

When the delivery quantity of a single customer can't reach the effective load of the vehicle, there is a problem of how to concentrate the delivery goods of different customers and carry out matching loading to make full use of the transportation capacity and transportation capacity, which requires matching. It is different from the general distribution, which can greatly improve the distribution level and reduce the distribution cost, so it is also a functional element with modern characteristics in the distribution system and one of the important differences between modern distribution and previous distribution.

Distribution transportation

The main difference between terminal transportation and feeder transportation is that distribution transportation is a transportation form with short distance, small scale and high quota, and cars are generally used as transportation tools. Another difference with trunk line transportation is that there is no route selection problem in general trunk line transportation, and the trunk line of trunk line transportation is the only transportation route. However, due to the large number of distribution customers and the complex traffic routes in general cities, how to combine the best routes and how to effectively match the equipment and routes are the characteristics of distribution and transportation, and it is also an arduous task.

Delivery service

Delivering the prepared goods to customers is not the end of the distribution work, because there is often disharmony between the delivered goods and the customers' goods, which makes the distribution wasted. Therefore, in order to successfully realize the delivery of delivered goods, handle relevant formalities effectively and conveniently, and complete the settlement, we should also pay attention to the unloading place and unloading method. Distribution service is also the unique particularity of distribution.

Distribution processing

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