Empowered By Digital Intelligence, Logistics Accelerates Operation

Empowered by digital intelligence, logistics accelerates operation

Wearing 3D glasses, the three-dimensional image of the intelligent AGV (Automated Guided Vehicle) equipment is presented in front of the eyes; Holding an infrared touch pen, the AGV equipment is gradually disassembled and reassembled from the outside to the inside... On November 16th, at the 2024 China Logistics Academic Annual Conference Enterprise Exhibition Area held in Langfang City, Zhang Hui, Marketing Manager of China IoT News (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., demonstrated the intelligent logistics 3D virtual simulation teaching system to the attendees.

 

The new business model of smart logistics is flourishing, and the demand for high-level logistics talents is increasing. "Zhang Hui introduced that China IoT News has launched six smart logistics teaching systems, including VR panoramic, and has currently conducted training and teaching with institutions such as Shijiazhuang Postal and Telecommunications Vocational and Technical College, to help Hebei create new scenarios, new formats, and new models of smart logistics through the cultivation of high-quality professional talents.

 

Over the past decade of coordinated development in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region, Hebei has made significant progress in jointly building an important national modern commercial logistics base with Beijing and Tianjin. In 2023, the added value of the logistics industry in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region will reach 564.35 billion yuan, and the proportion of total social logistics expenses to GDP will decrease from 17.5% in 2013 to 14.5%. Behind the steady reduction of social logistics costs, the application of new technologies, equipment, and scenarios plays an indispensable role.

 

Smart logistics, where is the 'wisdom'? At the 2024 China Logistics Academic Annual Conference, experts, scholars, and business representatives from all over the country exchanged ideas and thoughts on "empowering the development of new quality productivity in the logistics industry with digital intelligence" and "effectively reducing logistics costs for the whole society".

 

Reducing logistics costs is not simply about lowering logistics prices, but about extending services, innovating models, and promoting logistics quality and efficiency to reduce costs, "said He Liming, President of the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing.

 

Walk towards the 'new' and enhance 'intelligence' to increase efficiency. In He Liming's view, taking advantage of the large logistics market and multi scene characteristics, promoting the orderly development of emerging industries and future industries such as low altitude unmanned distribution, unmanned driving, logistics robots, industrial Internet, digital supply chain, and strengthening the transformation and upgrading of new logistics infrastructure such as smart parks and smart hubs can build new advantages for the future development of Hebei's logistics industry.

 

The logistics industry's cost reduction and efficiency improvement are reflected in the convenience brought by algorithm optimization.

On November 16th, the AnyLogic multi-agent logistics system simulation platform attracted a lot of attention in front of the exhibition booth of Beijing Grena Electronic Products Co., Ltd. This platform can build 3D simulation models of intelligent warehouses, intelligent manufacturing production lines, supply chain networks and other scenarios, and is a comprehensive teaching and research and enterprise decision-making aid tool.

 

How to store goods more space efficiently? How to arrange transportation routes with the highest efficiency? These issues can be addressed through AnyLogic's intelligent agent modeling, algorithm stacking, and optimization, "said Chen Yonggang, the general manager of the company. The platform has been applied to multiple Hebei enterprises such as Great Wall Motors and more than 10 universities such as Yanshan University, and has achieved significant results in optimizing management, reducing costs, and increasing efficiency.

 

If management efficiency is where the 'soft power' lies, equipment such as fully automated sorting production lines are a manifestation of the 'hard power' of cost reduction and efficiency improvement.

 

Not long ago, the Phase II project of Yuantong Express North Headquarters Base in Yongqing County was officially put into use, with 30 brand new fully automatic sorting lines running at high speed. Each package can be unloaded, sorted, and loaded in as little as 10 minutes. Since then, the daily processing capacity of the base's express delivery has increased from 6 million to 10 million, achieving a significant increase in production capacity and scale.

 

Peng Ke, Vice President of YTO Express Co., Ltd., introduced that they also widely use intelligent, automated equipment and self-developed unmanned equipment to promote the reduction of labor costs. Since the beginning of this year, Langfang City has invested in 17 unmanned express delivery vehicles, reducing the cost of individual express delivery by 0.7 yuan to 0.15 yuan.

New technologies, new models, and new business models continue to emerge, and smart logistics leads the innovative development of the industry. Yan Lei, Deputy Director of Langfang Municipal Bureau of Commerce, introduced that in the first three quarters of this year, the added value of the city's modern commercial logistics industry reached 63.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.7%; The total cost of social logistics accounts for 13.3% of GDP, which is 1.5 percentage points lower than the provincial average. Logistics costs continue to decrease, and competitiveness has significantly increased.

 

In October of this year, the prosperity index of China's logistics industry was 52.6%, with a month on month increase of 0.2 percentage points. Overall, China's logistics industry is entering a new stage of improving quality and efficiency from the expansion of scale and speed. It urgently needs to strengthen technological innovation, accelerate the cultivation and growth of new industries, new models, and new driving forces, and effectively reduce the logistics costs of the whole society, "analyzed He Liming.

 

Expanding the application and innovation of smart logistics and digital supply chain, promoting the application of automation, unmanned, and intelligent logistics technology, transforming traditional logistics industry through green technology, significantly reducing enterprise energy consumption and emission levels, and promoting the construction of a clean and low-carbon logistics development mode... During the two-day conference, experts and scholars presented a "prescription" for effectively reducing the logistics costs of the whole society, giving many enterprises confidence in future development.