The logistics cost of the whole society can be further reduced by trillions of yuan, and the logistics industry is on the road with light equipment
The logistics cost of the whole society can be further reduced by trillions of yuan, and the logistics industry is on the road with light equipment
As the capillaries of social operation, logistics is an important link in improving economic efficiency; Reducing logistics costs is also a key expectation of all parties involved.
In response, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council recently issued the "Action Plan for Effectively Reducing Logistics Costs in the Whole Society" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"), emphasizing that adjusting the structure and promoting reform are the main ways to coordinate and promote the substantial reduction of logistics costs, effectively reducing transportation costs, warehousing costs, and management costs.
According to the plan, by 2027, the ratio of total social logistics costs to gross domestic product will strive to be reduced to around 13.5%. The goal of reducing the ratio of total social logistics costs to GDP from 14.4% in 2023 to around 13.5% in 2027 means that the logistics costs incurred for every 100 yuan of GDP we create will further decrease from 14.4 yuan to 13.5 yuan, "said Zhang Shixin, Deputy Secretary General of the National Development and Reform Commission, at a press conference.
Based on the GDP of 2023, this 0.9 percentage point decrease is equivalent to driving down the total logistics costs of the whole society by over 1 trillion yuan, which can generate huge profits for enterprises, "said Lu Chengyun, Deputy Director of the Logistics Department of the Comprehensive Transportation Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission.
Not only that, according to the "Plan", new breakthroughs have been made in the reform of the comprehensive transportation system, and the structure of cargo transportation has been further optimized. The proportion of railway freight volume and railway freight turnover is striving to increase to about 11% and 23% respectively, and the volume of port container intermodal transportation has maintained rapid growth. The "bottlenecks" in the logistics process will be gradually cleared up.
Reduce costs and increase efficiency, release social vitality
In fact, as early as May this year, the National Development and Reform Commission issued a notice on the key work of cost reduction in 2024, which clearly proposed the task of promoting the reduction of costs for real economy enterprises, including implementing actions to reduce logistics costs, improving modern logistics systems, and adjusting and optimizing transportation structures, in order to accurately reduce enterprise logistics costs.
This plan further proposes to accelerate the construction of a modern supply chain system. Promote large industrial and commercial enterprises to improve their logistics management level and socialization level, scientifically construct a supply chain system that integrates procurement, inventory, production, sales, and reverse recycling, implement refined management, and accelerate inventory turnover.
At the same time, promote the development of logistics digitization and improve the digitalization level of logistics physical hardware and logistics activities in the whole society.
In the past, manufacturing enterprises strengthened the production process of the final product, but the layout of the production line and the intelligent warehousing and logistics management within the workshop were often overlooked. In fact, this is precisely an improvement in efficiency and quality. Currently, with the timely and flexible development of batch production interaction, there are higher requirements for efficiency and cost. At this time, it is necessary to improve and upgrade the production process, which is also a beneficial exploration of new quality productivity, "Wu Shuang, Deputy General Manager of Beijing Machinery Industry Automation Research Institute Co., Ltd., told reporters from Huaxia Times.
He introduced that, for example, a fast-moving consumer goods enterprise in Wuhan, Hubei that produces household paper, a pump truck production enterprise in Changsha, Hunan, and a kitchenware production enterprise in Ningbo, Zhejiang, they have provided a complete set of workshop intelligent warehousing and logistics systems around intelligent unit equipment, intelligent production lines, intelligent assembly, intelligent testing, and intelligent logistics for their traditional production chain. Through digitization, they are promoting the transformation and upgrading of enterprises, accelerating the scale and agglomeration of their production. They not only support the entire production process from raw materials to finished products, but also provide support for their production, off-site shipping and transportation, and even sales with the help of intelligent logistics in the factory, providing a comprehensive upgrade for the enterprise.
Intelligent manufacturing and intelligent logistics are key core components now, providing effective support from production logistics to sales logistics for enterprises. Especially with the support of large-scale warehousing centers, the entire process of shipping raw materials and final products can be achieved. In some links, black light factories and unmanned factories can be realized, and the collaboration between machines and people can be used to strengthen the intelligence and quality control of the entire production process, further improving efficiency, "said Wu Shuang.
Founder and Chairman of No. 9 Co., Ltd., Gao Lufeng, also stated that currently, the global supply chain system is facing significant adjustments and changes, among which the transformation towards intelligence is an important part. Intelligent mobile devices such as robots (20.480, 0.52, 2.61%) have already achieved a very good global presentation.
The AI intelligent supply chain application scenario analysis report released by Yuehu Data shows that currently, with the maturity of AI big models, the intelligence of logistics links is being promoted, and many leading enterprises in the industry have made AI empowerment attempts for the entire logistics work chain.
According to the Moon Fox report, in the process of operations and scheduling, a monitoring system based on the time and geographic information of a large number of logistics delivery personnel is established to provide more effective support for regional operations and scheduling; In the transportation sector, logistics companies such as SF Express, JD Logistics, and Huolala have already put AI powered unmanned delivery vehicles and drones into use. Taking the unmanned vehicles at SF Express Suzhou Wujiang Transit as an example, public data shows that the daily average delivery volume has reached over 100000 pieces. In addition, the newly launched unmanned vehicle "Cainiao GT" by Cainiao Logistics can transport up to 1500 pieces per day; In the analysis and optimization stage, SF Express utilizes AI big model capabilities to analyze and insight customer opinions, in order to improve the work logic and performance of services in the overall process of express delivery business. AI provides new quality productivity for logistics cost reduction, excavates value for the entire chain of operations research, scheduling, transportation, analysis, etc., and is expected to promote cost reduction and efficiency improvement throughout the entire process.
Balancing new and traditional transportation
It is worth noting that in strengthening innovation driven and improving quality and efficiency, the "Plan" proposes to encourage the development of new logistics models that combine platform economy, low altitude economy, unmanned driving, etc., improve and optimize management standards and norms, and support the commercial innovation and application of enterprises. Promote technology and equipment such as unmanned vehicles, unmanned ships, unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned warehouses, and unmanned loading and unloading, strengthen the application of intelligent integration of warehouse and transportation, digital twins, and innovate large-scale application scenarios.
However, Li Renfu, founder of the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Huazhong University of Science and Technology and director of the Institute of Intelligent Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems, told a reporter from Huaxia Times that currently, in the development of low altitude economy, the issues of airspace and flight safety and reliability need to be sufficiently vigilant, and there is still considerable effort to improve them.
For example, in the vicinity of cities, it is necessary to divide air routes, carry out regulatory technology, and control air routes in order to ensure the normal operation of logistics transportation. Nowadays, drones are used to deliver express and takeout, but if they are transported in cities or along highways, they may cause major accidents due to malfunctions and pose serious safety hazards. Similarly, when it comes to unmanned aerial vehicle transportation over cities or on ground transportation routes, caution must be exercised. Once there are too many drones, how to avoid blocking or colliding with them in the air, and how to prevent drone crashes from causing secondary accidents, this is not only a planning issue, but also a technical issue. Relevant departments should plan the air routes in advance, "said Li Renfu. The sentence is:.
He said that the biggest difference between things in the air and things on the ground is the different requirements for safety and reliability, just as high-speed railways have dedicated tracks, low altitude transportation must have its own dedicated air routes. Therefore, government departments must strictly control this aspect, develop specific routes, and minimize safety hazards to the greatest extent possible.
In the traditional transportation field, the 'Plan' has also made corresponding arrangements. Among them, it is proposed to promote the reform of key railway areas, formulate and implement the reform plan for the railway freight market, and promote the transformation of railway freight to railway logistics.
It is reported that recently, the General Administration of Customs has launched a pilot program for multimodal transportation of exported goods by rail and road. Relying on pilot projects, China Railway Group has innovatively launched a full process logistics product for railway and public transportation exports, and issued the country's first container multimodal transportation "one document system" waybill. The relevant person in charge of China Railway Group introduced to the reporter of Huaxia Times that after the launch of the "one unit system" for container multimodal transport, railway transport enterprises, as multimodal transport operators, have coordinated and planned the entire transport chain, and are responsible for the "free shipping" throughout the process; Railway transportation enterprises and shipping enterprises act as full process multimodal transport carriers, jointly accepting demands and jointly issuing multimodal transport waybills. Compared with traditional multimodal transport services, the "one order system" has achieved a historic breakthrough, realizing convenient transportation of goods throughout the entire process with "one commission, one order to the end, one box to the end, and one settlement", greatly improving transportation efficiency and effectively reducing comprehensive logistics costs.
From January to October this year, the national railway freight volume reached 3.28 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 42.65 million tons, creating a new historical high for the same period. Among them, the container freight volume increased by 12.9% year-on-year, and the container intermodal transportation volume increased by 14.8% year-on-year, reducing social logistics costs by more than 48 billion yuan, "said Zhou Shihao, the head of the freight department of China Railway Group.
