The development of China's logistics industry is heading in a new direction: green, intelligent and efficient.
In green, more and more courier companies choose to use green packaging. Overall, the impact of express delivery on the environment comes mainly from express packaging. The key to reducing the environmental impact of packaging is the use of recyclable green packaging materials. The choice and use of packaging materials, the initiative is in the hands of the courier company, as long as the cost is within the acceptable range, the company has no reason to refuse to use environmentally friendly packaging materials.
In addition, reverse logistics recycling of packaging is also important. However, due to the cooperation of the user, the actual operation difficulty may be large. At present, the recycling of express packaging is still dependent on traditional channels. The end recycling of express delivery companies is not yet widespread, and the operation mode is not yet mature.
In terms of intelligence, the application of intelligent information technology has made the logistics operations and operations have corresponding intelligent functions and tendencies. The use of drone distribution and the use of unmanned equipment is a useful exploration of logistics intelligence. Although it has not yet been promoted on a large scale, in the foreseeable future, the application of intelligent technology in the logistics industry will become more and more popular.
In terms of efficiency, the development of China's logistics industry is obvious to all. As we all know, an important indicator for measuring logistics efficiency is logistics time. The improvement of China's logistics efficiency stems from two reasons, one is technology promotion, and the other is driven by market demand. The high demand for express delivery time in the market competition forces the express delivery company to adopt some advanced technologies, including hardware technology, management technology and optimization of distribution solutions, in order to shorten the logistics time as much as possible. In addition, more and more companies are pre-allocating according to big data analysis, and preparing goods in regional distribution centers in advance. This is also an important reason for the substantial increase in logistics efficiency in China.
In 2016, the World Bank released the latest edition of the 2016 “Joining Competition: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy” report. According to survey data of more than 1,200 logistics professionals, Kenya, India, China and other countries have improved logistics on the basis of the original. Performance. Among them, South Africa, China and Malaysia are listed as the countries with the best logistics performance.
Despite the gradual improvement of logistics performance, there is still room for improvement in China's logistics industry, and the proportion of logistics expenses to GDP is still high. According to the report of the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, the ratio of China's total logistics costs to GDP in 2017 was about 14.6%, which is the fifth consecutive year of decline, but still higher than the world average.
As the world's second largest economy, China's logistics market is in great demand, driving the logistics industry to move forward. The overall service quality of China's logistics industry is rising, but the improvement of service details still requires the joint efforts of service providers and service targets.
Green is the requirement for logistics development from the perspective of sustainable development. Intelligence and efficiency are requirements from the perspective of market competition. Although the development of China's logistics industry has a certain gap compared with developed countries, China's development is faster than any other country. From a macro perspective, green, intelligent and efficient put forward new requirements for the standardization of the logistics market, which is bound to promote the development of the entire industry.