Third-party logistics, you know how much?

The strength of logistics capabilities for businesses in the channel market can play a crucial role to win. Especially the high inventory today, more and more businesses try to cooperate with the third-party logistics to enhance inventory turnover efficiency. But now most of the sellers are still tangled in the end is the self-built warehousing logistics or outsourcing, self-built, then how to solve the capital, personnel recruitment, site selecion and other troubles, perhaps, light mode of operation popular today, Of the habit of outsourcing the warehouse is a good choice.

In fact, many brands have their own warehouse logistics business outsourcing, such as special steps, its own storage and logistics business outsourcing to a third party, from the product storage to the library, the management process by the third party companies to go Completed, as long as the appointment of a staff member of the monthly operation of this part of the warehouse can be tracked and summarized in a timely manner.

In recent years, electricity providers have begun to attach importance to this one, Yan Man, Nuoqi and some other big sellers began to outsource this business to reduce unit costs and improve efficiency, and demand to drive logistics enterprises to enhance professional service capabilities. A brand logistics manager calculations, "according to the company last year, all the logistics business cost of more than 1300 million, if all the outsourcing, you can save nearly 2.5 million yuan, including storage, personnel management costs, including close to 19 "However, some other electronic business enterprises choose to build warehouses, buying equipment and other self-built warehousing and logistics system, but it is facing the warehouse address to buy land, recruit people, ERP upgrade run-in, and huge equipment idle waste troubled. The reason is mostly because the electric business enterprises to logistics and storage outsourcing companies do not know enough depth, including its business model, operational processes and other operational capabilities, as well as concerns about information security risks.

At present, with the development of e-commerce specifically for the emergence of third-party service provider of electronic warehousing and logistics company. An earlier batch of hair like the network, five continents, etc., to solve some of the storage business logistics bottlenecks, the rapid growth, but also because of the rapid development of ultra-expected operation and lack of project personnel and so on, resulting in quality of service Down, on the whole, the current third-party development of electronic business warehousing services into a transition period, the need for scale upgrades, service upgrades.


And then there are some new third-party logistics and warehousing companies began to pay more attention to equipment system side of the input to improve the quality of service to seek differentiated development, such as the recent concern in the network warehouse, through high automation equipment and customized systems, To improve work efficiency, at the same time to develop a "fool" the standardization of operational processes, ahead of the completion of transformation, a domestic third-party electronic business warehousing logistics service standards.

selec logistics outsourcing, what is the significance?

We through the most direct case of the cost of an account to the average daily amount of 300 single to 400 single garment electricity company as an example:?

Self-logistics cost (months)
Warehouse rent: 1000 square meters * 20 yuan / square meter / month = 20,000 yuan
Staff salaries: 8 * 3500 yuan / person (workers) +5500 (charge) = 33500 yuan
System allocation: about 2300 yuan / month
Administrative costs: about 2,500 yuan / month
Company management costs: 3350 yuan / month
Total cost: 61650 yuan
Third Party Warehousing and Logistics Service Company Charges (Month)
Warehouse rent: 0.42 yuan / piece / month * 40000 = 16,800 yuan
Normal operating costs: 3.31 yuan / single * 400 * 30 = 39,720 yuan
Reverse operating costs: 3.5 / single * 400 * 30 * 6% = 2520 yuan
Overall cost: 59040 yuan

A simple calculation can be seen, self-logistics cost of 61650 yuan / month, outsourcing fee of 59040 yuan / month, the overall cost reduction of a difference of 2610 yuan, the use of a third party can reduce the rate of 4.2.

For the brand company, through the use of third-party companies, the most obvious is to reduce their operating costs and asset management investment and reduce the risk of their operations, while improving service efficiency and reduce costs is better embarked on the "light model" . This is supported by data from the American Supply Chain and Purchasing Consortium, which reduces costs by about 3.7% by applying a third party to reduce capital expenditures by about 13%. And enhance the customer experience, improve the back-end supply chain management brought about by the hidden profits to enhance, can not just use the value will be able to reflect.

How to find a good third party, the "life" to the peace of mind to them?

The use of third-party help businesses to reduce costs, more energy and money to focus on the development of the front, but for the goods business is "life" in the face of different third parties, businesses should choose the most suitable for their own services Business, you can feel at ease to "life" to them? Has led the seven wolves nationwide electronic business logistics planning in the network warehouse operations consultant - Wang Feng gave the author some suggestions, businesses can focus on the following important dimensions:

1, the perfect internal management standards: business partners in the choice of the time you can ask each other to produce their internal management documents, although the current third-party logistics companies have passed ISO9001 certification, but the real documents still exist between a certain level, businesses You can ask each other to provide a file at each level to view, such as "work instructions", "Standard Operating Manual", "Business Process Design Notes" and so on. Through these documents can be seen that the internal operations of the third party is meticulous, the internal work of the standard is reasonable.

2, a reasonable offer to avoid hidden charges: There are two types of electricity providers charge mode, one is charged by the volume of operations (storage by piece charges, shipping orders and pieces of fees, storage by piece charges, returns by (Charge for the use of warehouses, personnel, equipment, supplies), according to the consumption of resources, the development contract fee. For businesses, usually calculate their own logistics costs, and then compare the third-party logistics offer, there will be differences between the different quotes, wher businesses need to cost accounting clear, pay attention to avoid some hidden charges.

3, reasonable and effective project operating plan: businesses looking for a third party, we must first clear their own needs, their own need to do the amount to achieve the goal. According to the needs of businesses, good third parties will be in the whole business at a large level to give a future operating program. Businesses can generally determine whether the program meets its own needs, and its rationality.

4, the advanced project implementation process: In the program, based on the third party in the procurement, sales, financial control and other large processes, while the characteristics of the business given the specific business processes and design. For businesses, to understand the use of third-party, with the current business process will change, third-party inventory management logic is what, how to go with the original ERP system docking, the financial management accounts in the inventory when How to account and other issues.