Logistics Tracking-About Logistics Tracking:
Logistics tracking overview:
Logistics is the logistics track originally used to track the flow of goods within a means, is now available to customers, any of its inquiry into a value-added services, it is usually a free service. Improve the tracking system depends on each transport, sorting, transfer, distribution of time, or even accurate to the exact time in every aspect.
Logistics tracking the origin:
The initial logistics tracking is mainly for internal services. Internal resource optimization and production planning and scheduling needs require tracking of goods and loading tools. In a production enterprise, traceability of the product can be aware of production planning and timely completion of arrangements for various auxiliary ingredients and packaging materials in place; in the production sector in the delivery of products each process the number of loading tool is limited, must make a timely manner tool back on the no-load procedure, keep track of these tools in the exact location of each moment is a necessary condition for smooth production. In the transport sector, tracking of goods manifest of the row containing the new benefit, including the location of vehicles and is content with a clear message to the dispatch room. Such as container transportation of empty containers for transportation companies to track scheduling suitably a considerable cost savings. Tracking of cargo loading conditions to prevent the load or half load vehicles can reduce transportation costs, and further can reduce the rate back to the customer, the enterprise more competitive.
Logistics tracking development:
Logistics companies to track their delivery to the flow of it? 10 years ago: to ensure the guests are about time, hoping the driver will arrive at the scheduled time, and cargo handling documents and driving records, or the Trustee to rely on onboard journey to catch up. After that came the wireless walkie-talkies, so that the headquarters in a two hour journey to know the context of vehicles and goods, but a certain range can not do anything. After that came the fax machine, can the case of cargo stowage accurate and timely sent back to headquarters. Today's communication technology makes no matter anywhere in the world can be commanding.
Now we can see that both passenger and cargo fleet, drivers are equipped with mobile phones, the team in the road can also be contacted by radio, and air transport, shipping of equipment is better. Conditional logistic companies, even in vehicles equipped with its satellite positioning system. The development of international multimodal transport is to promote the Global Positioning System (Globe Positioning System) and the global tracking system (Globe Tracking System) the emergence of logistics information to solve the convergence of the different platforms. These tracking technologies to improve the development of the logistics services are increasingly close to the customer, the logistics industry to break the traditional fixed time loading unloading, loading unloading the anytime, anywhere possible, so that the path optimization possible.
1) "logistics tracking" gradually opening up to customers
Previously, customers often ask his production orders, as he completed several batches of orders, or an item is completed, even he would like to know the current set of goods in the production process on that one. The reason is simple, the concept of zero inventory rising in this age, no one want in the shortest possible time to send the goods to go. If he is a wholesaler, he wants to know how to arrange his goods to wholesalers or retailers off the assembly line, which requires manufacturers first cargo delivery; which require manufacturers to send off the assembly line or on their own directly or temporarily placed in storage manufacturers warehouse; offshore goods to set what time of sailing, and so on. If he is a downstream producer, he has to for these goods at the appropriate time to release position, or to the goods before the procedure to be completed before. If you are a retailer, according to him the next arrival time, indicating the number of different manufacturers of different products to different number of branches or to the total distribution warehouse. In the logistics business, in fact, is the same situation. Consignee of the goods they need to know the exact location of the carriage on the way to estimate the arrival time in order to prepare for the next step of production or sales, reduce the maximum storage time, or do not have to warehousing, distribution, or directly on-line production.
Delivery side needs to know the location of the goods, in order to make further decisions and answer guest inquiries. I've been faced with this problem in Shenzhen, the company, a U.S. customer to participate in several local fairs, ask for samples to the company books. To save costs, the company sent out by the China Post one hundred samples of books, based on past experience, these books will be ten days after the samples arrive. Two weeks after the customer has not received an e-mail that the sample volumes. As China Post EMS ordinary mail is not the same as international mail tracking system (International Shipment Tracking), companies can not know the exact sample volume will reach the United States before the exhibition has taken place or is lost, although the time required from the show early, the company had decided to send by courier the other group of samples books.
Ship the samples need to know the status of the sample transport and arrival time as participate in trade fairs or promotional plans or meet with the guests to do the reference.
To have the shelf life and shelf life of goods or all-day transit time should not be too long of commodities, the value of products with time are inseparable, and after a time on the worthless, or even subsidizing treatment costs, logistics tracking allows supply and demand accurate control of various aspects of the two sides time to make from the supply side to demand side of logistics shortest time. Before the arrival of such goods in the first time the bill of lading must be prepared according to information, if imported goods declaration data and should be ready for approval, the declaration for the goods immediately pick up one to prepare. Another high-value and urgent delivery of the goods on time the logistics center is also very strict control, such as jewelry and computer chips, high-value cultural goods to reduce the time third-party logistics has increased cargo security, and urgent delivery The time control is not accurate goods logistics tend to affect the supplier's business reputation, these tend to be price-sensitive commodity products, speed time to market determines the consignee or even determine how much profit can be profitable.
2) "logistics tracking" the development of third-party logistics
Track is the actual logistics of electronic communication technology applications in the logistics industry, which is the logistics industry in the management of information flow. Usually the traditional third-party logistics transportation, warehousing, distribution companies, they may lack information technology personnel, or does not have enough money and power and experience to develop logistics tracking system, which severely restricted the development of third-party logistics.
To solve the third-party logistics in the logistics aspects of the difficulties tracking, information technology Co., Ltd. Shanghai Zhuang Ruixin take full advantage of Internet technology, combined with the actual situation of China's logistics industry, the introduction of another clairvoyant logistics tracking management system that allows software users to take full advantage of the Internet technology to provide its customers with real-time dynamic queries logistics tracking service. Look at Europe TRAXON logistics company operating philosophy: "We use Internet technology to track the phone instead of the traditional practice of each transport node, the transport path of each participant's access to communication merged into a single cargo tracking mode, aimed at reduce costs to our customers for their guests to provide better service. " A way to explain the Chinese logistics companies to track goods in the direction of future efforts should be made.
