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YIJIA LOGISTICS CHAIRMAN: A LOGISTICS ENTERPRISE WITH FUTURE TECHNOLOGY WILL BEAT THE COMPETITION
Post Time:2018-11-27Author:F2C

Shanghai YIJIA Logistics Co., Ltd. was established in 2007. Its current service ranges from shipping, shipping agency, docks, road transport, rail transport, warehousing management, to container transportation, forming a nationwide logistics operation network.

Its ideal is to “let goods flow smoothly”. As a logistics company of Yihai Kerry Group, YIJIA Logistics has been focusing on the distribution of fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), and is committed to creating a common platform for FMCG smart logistics.

In recent years, as competition in logistics industry becomes increasingly fierce, how should logistics enterprises find new opportunities and make breakthroughs in the battle for market share? As is pointed out by Chairman of YIJIA Logistics Sheng Yan in our interview: smart logistics is the trend. Future competition between logistics enterprises will be technological competition, which will surely bring about organizational changes…

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Yijia Logistics Chairman   Sheng Yan

In recent years, a number of e-commerce platforms including Alibaba and Jingdong Mall have developed their own logistics systems. What do you think are the main reasons behind this phenomenon?

First of all, as there is a lack of third party logistics companies that can meet the business characteristics and development needs of e-commerce, they have to establish independent logistics systems. Secondly, logistics has become one of the core competitiveness of e-commerce enterprises. Good logistics services can improve customer experience and promote business flow. Meanwhile, manufacturing enterprises like Haier, Midea and Yihai Kerry have begun to deploy their own logistics systems, aiming to develop external businesses while supporting themselves. Such a move will bring new profit sources and create greater business value for these enterprises.

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With the advent of a new retail era, more capital giants are expected to participate in the construction of logistics sharing platforms. What do you think are the advantages of YIJIA Logistics in this respect?

Supported by Yihai Kerry Group, YIJIA Logistics has a stable supply of goods, independent warehousing resources and nationwide network coverage. During the past 10 years, we focused only on city FMCG distribution. Our current size and ability come out at the top of the industry. Besides, we enjoy positive business performance, healthy growth, and strong ability of sustainable development. YIJIA Logistics has more than 4,000 dealers in the country, and can effectively integrate warehouses, vehicles and personnel through IT system and standardization, thereby creating an operation network with greater value.


Faced with fierce competition, what are the measures of YIJIA Logistics in third party sharing platform construction?

First, we need to build a smart logistics public platform to attract brand dealers, distributors, B2B platform customers and chain convenience stores, and reduce costs and improve efficiency through logistics intensification. Second, our YILIAN cloud platform can provide logistics information to partners of Yihai Kerry Group through SAAS model. Our automobile aftermarket platform together with automobile aftermarket providers renders refueling, ETC, maintenance and other group purchase services to the partners. In addition, our logistics and financial platform provides loan, insurance, factoring, financial leasing and other financial services to these partners.

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What benefits and changes do you think the rise of such expertises as large data analysis, cloud computing and artificial intelligence could bring to logistics industry?

Smart logistics is the trend. Future competition between logistics enterprises will be technological competition. What smart logistics bring is organizational changes: logistics enterprises need to refactor their organizational models and business processes to adapt to these changes. At the same time, it will upgrade logistics services, which will become more transparent, accurate, predictable and flexible, hence enhancing overall user experience. Moreover, smart logistics will improve cost efficiency: intelligent cloud warehouse, unmanned driving, and cargo matching will greatly reduce costs and improve efficiency.

Now the whole industry is talking about “smart logistics”. Many large companies have started to work on the R&D and application of unmanned technologies. Cainiao Network Technology plans to build “China’s largest robot warehouse”. Jingdong sets up the X business department to develop unmanned warehouse, unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned vehicles and other new logistics technologies. Can you please introduce the plan of YIJIA Logistics with regard to new technologies?

The wide application of intelligent equipment will take time. City distribution scene and e-commerce business scene are quite different. We will pay close attention to new technologies and timely introduce them into our company. At present, YIJIA Logistics has established some automated warehouses. We will invest more in smart storage and distribution in the future.

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What are your expectations for the future smart logistics era?

Logistics industry has entered a smart era. Science and technology will become the core competitiveness of logistics companies. Competition between logistics will show up as technological competition, which may lead to a new setup of the business. We should make bold changes in organization, technology, talent, model and innovation in order to seize this historic opportunity.

According to the prediction of a professional organization, in the next one year or two, the scale of domestic imported food market will reach $ 480 billion. IFA, as the first professional association devoted to food import in Guangdong, has been committed to building a trade platform for domestic and foreign professional food enterprises and institutions. What are your expectations for the future cooperation between YIJIA Logistics and IFA in imported foods?

Every change in business flow brings changes to logistics, while every change in logistics affects the development of business flow. Business flow and logistics are like conception and governor vessels in human body. Only by effectively linking the two vessels can they promote each other. YIJIA Logistics can provide logistics solutions to companies on IFA trade platform with its professional service capabilities, and be the faithful partner of the trade platform in terms of its ecological operation


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