"Internet + logistics" What are the key technical approach?
- 2016-09-21 15:12
- Internet + Digitization
? ? ? ? The current wave of new technology propelled the evolution of the business community, in the Internet economy and the trend of the Internet industry, the industry is ushering in unprecedented opportunities for development and a new paradigm shift. This paper focuses on "Internet +" What is it, how to practice the "Internet +" strategy, put forward a framework for technology-based logistics path, how to rely on cutting-edge technology breakthrough productivity constraints, and technology to lead the connotation discussed.
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? ? ? ?First, the "Internet +" meaning
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? ? ? ?Mobile Internet, cloud computing, 3D printing, new concepts and intelligent networking and other emerging new technology wave of information technology as the main content of the information society to the big screen completely open, this is the era of technology innovation outbreak. "Internet +" on the one hand make information becomes within every area of ??economic activity more symmetrical, supply and demand become more closely.
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? ? ? ?On the other hand, we can mobilize additional resources so that resource flows generated value. He is also visible from the past few decades computer hardware and software, extended outside the bonding technology in various fields, a business, industrial and economic information of the powerful means, and social life, economic laws, market structure and corporate governance and other areas had a significant impact.
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? ? ? ?"Internet +" decomposition of strategic technology
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? ? ? ?Technical capabilities and information resources have become today's enterprises to pursue the commercial value of the core means, so that the real world of digital, so digital world become a reality, it is now the big trend of technological development. Companies often referred to the "Internet +", the paper summed up as to achieve the "digitization, online, service-oriented" as the core business, combined with the current development of the industry listed several major technology trends. But the correlation between technology, another constraint, can not be separated to a technical means to know, a lot of interdisciplinary technologies are the result of application of new technologies go through continuous exploration and verification process.
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? ? ? ?Second, the data of the
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? ? ? ?Data is the basis for other technical applications, data is the most important difference between extensive management and lean management, the obvious difference is the traditional enterprise and Internet companies.
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? ? ?(A) intelligent terminals
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? ? ? ?Automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) technology is a big category, intelligent terminal is the main way to obtain business data, including computing and networking capabilities with all types of devices PDA, laptop, mobile phone industry, reading terminals. Currently there are several intelligent terminal development trends:
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? ? ? ?First, the consumption of the smart phone is more flexible and durable, flexible screen, battery life, and three defenses, and other multi-mode upgrade, BYOD BYOD model in a number of business areas has become a trend, enterprise applications and employee-owned smart devices unified to become help enterprises asset-light of the initiatives.
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? ? ? ?Second, multi-dimensional data acquisition integration, matching bar codes, 2D code, RFID, IC / ID card, GPS / GIS, video and other technology modules, such as courier receipt sectors to take an electronic sign, sign photographs and other measures to significantly enhance the efficiency of delivery staff to sign omitted back office for POD receipt of order, makeup, scanning and so on.
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? ? ? ?Third and wearable smart devices (Wearable Devices) combine work not only as a data acquisition equipment, will achieve better data-sharing capabilities, the liberation of the hands of workers and improve the working interaction.
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? ? ?(Ii) networking
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? ? ? ?Things generally is defined as relying on RFID, infrared sensors, laser scanning, sensors, etc., to anything connected with the Internet, information exchange and communication in order to achieve intelligent identify, locate, track, monitor and manage the kind of network, It can be said with the needs of the logistics industry is extremely fit.
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? ? ? ?In the case of FedEx logistics SenseAware collection and storage of Amazon Kiva robot frontier on behalf of the former can automatically record multiple time status, position, temperature, humidity, light, temperature and other goods, mainly for medical equipment, precision instruments and other VIP.
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? ? ? ?Things are automatic detection and automatic control of key technology, industry and agriculture in many areas have begun large number of applications. The future, through the data transmitted between devices, even more than centralized switching between back-end server, so that the time and space to really kind of information and consistency, and to achieve self-driven process.
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? ? ?(Iii) automated
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? ? ? ?Including alternative job automation, data acquisition, process control, etc., with the robot, the auxiliary load handling, combined with wearable mechanical power, packaging technology, enhance the efficiency of logistics operations, quality, reduce manpower and inventory costs.
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? ? ? ?Classic bullwhip effect is based on a multi-link information is not shared, and E-commerce to the intermediate layer, asymmetric longitudinal conductivity is significantly reduced, but the uncertainty of online orders has triggered more intense lateral supply and demand, At the same time protect the fulfillment warehousing industry directly contributed to the outbreak of the express industry, both hub and spoke, or multi-point distribution, we must rely on automation to enhance the lean supply chain.
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? ? ? ?Third, the line of
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? ? ? ?Internet to bring more resources to revitalize the community, but also the company's own resources presented and utilized. First, to achieve business continuity, all aspects of more open data sharing, enterprise more effectively respond to events or decisions, to keep control of resource availability; the second is the real-time service, user operations more convenient, enhance the customer experience, closer to enterprises and users of the distance between.
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? ? ? (A) mobile Internet
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? ? ? ?Logistics is the essence of mobile, mobile technology can be widely used in all sectors of the logistics, such as vehicle location, cargo tracking, instruction scheduling, customer feedback and so on. Today, the popularity of smart phones among consumers and gradually penetrated into all aspects of the supply chain management from the office to the warehouse manager, in-transit drivers and couriers and other logistics staff throughout the group. Throughout the logistics end of the whole process, increasing the degree of movement, control means more diverse.
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? ? ? ?Mobile Internet has become the basic conditions of many model innovation, mobile positioning and data acquisition, real-time billing and mobile payment, mobile identification and privacy can be applied to achieve business improvement and service innovation.
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? ? ?(B) real-time calculation
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? ? ? Real-time computing is both a business scenario, but also a cutting-edge technology framework. With the multi-state business, large-scale, the emergence of new features volatility, etc., for real-time response and flexibility scheduled network presented greater challenges. only through real-time services and real-time operations, in order to achieve high efficiency and low cost.
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? ? ? ?Real-time services, mainly to improve customer service uninterrupted connectivity, availability. If the customer and the recipient need to know in real time the status of logistics, multi-channel, all-weather inquiries, subscriptions, booking, online shipping, etc., and is closely related to customer feedback and operational processes; real-time operations to meet the new electricity supplier marketing and shopping, wherin the real-time information technology and logistics support is the key. For example, an order based on core rookie, perspective downstream delivery, control and optimization of logistics operation, real-time inventory allocation recommendation to the seller, the time limit for the user to selec lines.
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? ? ? ?Fourth, service-oriented
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? ? ? ?Information-core link resource integration, will generate marginal scale and added value, and this core must realize benefits in the form of service delivery. Leading companies, when participating in social industry value chain, not just one ring, and even become an organizer or consolidator, through the open Internet, get more for their associated data, external data, data-driven transactions, the establishment of credit relations, and then to create value services.
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? ? ? In addition, information technology itself has become a business-oriented internal and external services, in addition to the construction of the system is good or bad, but also pay attention to the response, integrity and service delivery, etc., in order to allow the service of data assets.
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? ? ?1. Cloud computing
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? ? ? from now to the software as a service-oriented full-service information technology, such as infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, storage as a service, cloud-based information resource management services are subverting the traditional route of enterprise information. In addition, e-commerce has brought not only the traditional model of retail and commercial channels of change, as well as changes in technology system.
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? ? ?2. Open Platform
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? ? ? Commerce platform is the development trend. E-commerce almost transparent competition, reliance on information flow and increasing platform, the platform becomes SMEs to obtain business information and transactions, credit accumulation important window.
At the same time, competition drives businesses to provide more goods SKU in an attempt to profit from the long-tail effect, and for the sale of cheap goods and low interest rates continue to strive to reduce logistics costs and improve the delivery experience, it gave birth to the warehouse such as micro, green, landing with overseas warehouse and other services. Such as courier industry, on behalf of economies of scale, rapid development of electronic commerce requires forced courier industry openness is essential for the internet also made stronger demand.
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? ? ? 3. Intelligent
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? ? ? In fact, intelligence is "Internet +" the highest stage of the scientific community as well as throughout the business operations, management and service the whole process. Currently, "smart logistics" is the new direction of development of the logistics industry, whose core is the use of digital, big data and cloud computing and other technologies to improve overall business processes.
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? ? ? V. Summary
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? ? ? ?Science and technology to lead that organization to enhance revenue from information technology assets, to create excellent business case. However, technological progress extremely exciting story, and business development complement each application is not good. It is also need to strengthen the strategic design to address the relationship between technology and business, to accelerate the cohesion insight and vision of the implementation of the new strategy, which facilitate the resolution of governance, organization and performance of a series of structural problems.
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? ? ? ?Corporate positioning is based on its unique background, and differentiated value proposition and business customers to choose the design, but also about its location and technical advantages of the industry. Meanwhile, the corporate culture is irreplaceable internal factors, is an important catalyst technology can play a role, the same can not be ignored.