Chapter 730 Oath to Be the Overlord of Logistics
For a country with a vast territory, the problems that can be solved by more than 20 trucks seem to be minimal, but if these 20 trucks are used properly, they can play a very big role.
Each truck is given the responsibility to achieve quick turnaround between the six warehouse bases and the provincial capitals in the coverage area.
This is a battle of mainline transportation. Taobao's own fleet is responsible for 24-hour non-stop mainline transportation, and distributes the remaining branch line transportation and terminal distribution to the postal systems of various provinces. Half of the total pre-sale volume will leave all the pressure to the Shenzhen market, but it has already been divided into all parts of the country by Taobao itself.
This greatly avoided the blockage of the distribution center, and shared the pressure of transportation capacity to the greatest extent. Li Mu felt that when he made this move, Boss Ma had nothing to do.
Generally speaking, warehousing bases are selected in cities with relatively central geographical locations and excellent land transportation conditions. For example, cities such as Yanjing, Shanghai Stock Exchange, and Yangcheng have convenient land transportation, and these more than 20 trucks do not need to go below. City, county, and townships run, they only run to provincial capital cities, and the best land conditions are the routes between first-tier cities, first-tier cities, and second-tier cities, so almost two dozen vehicles are all high-speed throughout the journey, and the turnover efficiency is very high.
In the two distribution centers of Yangcheng and Shanghai, which cover more than half of online shopping consumers, a large number of temporarily recruited part-time staff are under the leadership of professional teams to carry out packaging, delivery and sorting non-stop. Within three to five hours, Regardless of whether the truck is full or not, they must set off as soon as possible, and send the sorted goods out first. While they are rushing to transport, a large number of packages are continued to be sorted out, ready for their next trip. Walk.
There are a large number of postal employees and vehicles in the postal distribution centers in each province. Generally, the postal service does not have such high efficiency and professionalism. However, due to the excellent public relations work of Taobao, the relationship with the postal service has been very close. In a word, employees are required to give priority to the transportation of packages on Taobao.com. For packages on Taobao.com, they should do: quick sorting, priority transportation, and early delivery.
For example, in Zhejiang Province, where Boss Ma is located, a large truck from Shanghai City was loaded with packages from Zhejiang Province and rushed to the outskirts of Hangzhou City. After handing over all the packages to the Post Office, the employees of Zhejiang Post Office worked overtime in the early morning to deliver them to Taobao.com The parcels were sorted, sorted according to the major cities under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province, and loaded into dozens of vans that were waiting in line, and then set off against the stars.
The Shanghai market is very close in Hangzhou. The first batch of goods arrived at the Hangzhou Postal Sorting Center at 5:00 in the morning. The rapid sorting continued until 7:30, and dozens of postal box-type light trucks set off one after another. Go to every prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province. The farthest one is only five or six hours' drive away. That is to say, by 12:00 noon, the first batch of Zhejiang Province parcels will arrive at the consumer's place. In prefecture-level cities, the delivery can basically be completed in the afternoon of the same day and in the morning of the next morning in remote areas.
Because of the continuous improvement of social efficiency,
People in 2016 think more efficiently than people in 2002, and their requirements for efficiency are much higher than those in 2002, so Li Mu will do everything possible to ensure that Taobao's logistics turnover is fast and efficient. High requirements and high goals even exceed the user's psychological expectations.
Faster than what users want is also one of Li Mu's core requirements for its own logistics system.
At the Taobao site, Li Mu stared at two o'clock with Liu Yingdong and Taobao employees who worked overtime. After the turnover exceeded 800 million yuan, he greeted Liu Yingdong to return to his office. The current progress of the brand day does not need to be watched all the time. , its front office and back office are running well, and it is destined to create miracles. He doesn't need to witness how miracles are born step by step. Patiently waiting for the results is the best choice. Besides, Li Mu has more important things to discuss with Liu Qidong in depth.
The money has arrived, and the self-built logistics system will be launched quickly. Nothing is more important than it at the moment.
After the two sat down in the office, Li Mu said to Liu Rongdong: "Senior brother, Wanying has already put out the money, and the self-built logistics system will immediately enter the formal development stage. How do you plan to spend the five hundred million yuan? Yet?"
Liu Rongdong had long known that the money was coming, so for the past two days he had been thinking excitedly about how to start his work after the money arrived. Now that the money has finally arrived, Liu Rongdong's plan in his head has finally been realized. He briefly sorted it out and said: "The first thing after the money arrives is to comprehensively expand and upgrade our six storage bases, and upgrade all of them into logistics distribution centers with strong throughput;
The second thing is to immediately make use of the middle and high-level logistics companies that we have dug up, invest in the establishment of logistics business locations all over the country, set up local teams, and fully undertake the delivery and collection work;
The third thing is to establish a logistics and transportation network. In addition to obtaining aviation resources as soon as possible, the most important thing is that we must immediately expand the size of our fleet. The land transportation conditions of the entire third step are very good, and bulk logistics requires strong land routes. In addition to our point-to-point transportation capabilities, our local point-to-surface transportation also requires a large number of trucks. "
Li Mu nodded, temporarily interrupting Liu Yongdong's words, and said, "Let me interject first, the three things you mentioned are important and urgent, and the ordering should naturally come first, but I have another important but not important thing. It's an urgent matter. Recently, you sent someone who has passed the test to go abroad to investigate the solution of the logistics company's automatic sorting equipment. We may not be able to play this system at the moment, but this facility is a facility that we must launch in the near future. Yes, the automatic sorting equipment and our full information logistics management system can create a real high-speed and efficient logistics."
Liu Yongdong immediately said: "I have learned about this before. Now the most advanced solution comes from German Bermann Machinery. The solution cost of a logistics distribution center is about 60 to 80 million yuan. If it is a super large distribution center, the cost will be even higher. However, this system is not yet available in China, and the postal boss still uses an outdated sorting system, and the efficiency is not very high.”
Li Mu heard what Liu Yedong said, and knew that he had been paying attention to the situation. He nodded very gratified and said, "Then send someone to visit Berman, Germany. We need to understand the operation mode and efficiency of the whole system. , but also to understand its unit cost, how much it costs to sort 50,000 parcels per day, and how much is needed for 100,000 parcels, do a systematic inspection, and then we can judge according to our actual situation. A system is more appropriate.”
Liu Yedong nodded and said, "This system is indeed very important, but I don't think we should consider launching it in the first two years. The cost is too high. If sorting centers in our logistics distribution centers are established, manpower and conveyor belts can be sorted at least. For a few years, domestic logistics will not develop to such a high demand in two or three years.”
Li Mu smiled slightly: "Whether we need this system depends not only on the future development of Taobao and the demand for market capacity, but also on our capital operations. If there are sufficient funds, this kind of cost that must be invested, sooner or later, is still The sooner you pitch the better."
Liu Rongdong said in agreement: "Yes, it depends on how you plan the capital operation."
"Don't worry, I know what I have in mind." Li Mu smiled slightly and added: "Also, as you said about building a logistics and transportation network, land transportation is indeed very important, heavy trucks responsible for point-to-point transportation, and point-to-surface transportation Small and medium-sized vans, these two will be the top priority of our next bulk purchases, especially heavy-duty trucks, each carrying dozens of tons of logistics express rushing around on hundreds or even thousands of kilometers of transportation. , the quality of the car must be extremely reliable, otherwise there is a car lying in the nest on the way, which may affect the delivery time of tens of thousands of people."
Liu Rongdong said to Li Mu: "I know this, the key to heavy trucks is the tractor, and the requirements for the tractor in the plain area are not very high. Brands such as Dongfeng, FAW, and Steyr can do the job. We need at least the first stage. For fifty such heavy-duty trucks, the overall investment is about 20 million yuan.”
Li Mu waved his hand: "Heavy-duty tractors must not save money. In the future, all our heavy-duty tractors will drive at least 800-1000 kilometers a day with an average monthly utilization rate of more than 90%. To ensure timeliness and stability, it is necessary to A more reliable tractor is needed to complete these tasks, so my requirement is to use a pure imported tractor, which is 50% or even 100% more expensive. The key is stability, stability and stability!”
Liu Yongdong thought for a while, then nodded and said, "I have also learned about imported tractors. The better truck brands are generally Europe and Japan. In Europe, there are Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Iveco, and Scania. Japan has Isuzu and Hino. The price is high. European ones are more expensive.”
Li Mu nodded: "Just buy European heavy trucks. I agree with other Japanese things. I personally don't believe in heavy trucks."
Liu Rongdong said: "Then I will ask my subordinates to investigate and contact the domestic general distributors of several European heavy-duty truck brands first."
Li Mu said: "Ok, don't save money in this link. The European heavy-duty truck brands you just mentioned can be removed from Iveco first. Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, and Scania all purchase some. The research data is sometimes not as good as our own use. The accumulated data allows our drivers to judge which brand of vehicle is more suitable in actual use, which not only involves the performance and handling of the vehicle, but also involves several aspects such as the failure rate, the convenience of later maintenance, etc. We really find the most suitable brand for us in our own use, then we will increase the purchase later."
Liu Rongdong said, "ok, I'll arrange it."
Li Mu went on to say: "I am afraid that at least hundreds of small and medium-sized box trucks will be needed in the first stage. This is probably a huge order regardless of whether it is cooperating with any car company, and our core appeal for this kind of vehicle is not In terms of load, it is about stability, lightness, speed, and easy maintenance in the later period. I suggest that you send someone to talk with Iveco in Jinling. I personally feel that Iveco's light passenger cars and light trucks are very suitable for use. Do point-to-point transportation."
Liu Rongdong said with a smile: "Do you still know so much about trucks? Jinling Iveco, this is also a contribution to the hometown enterprise."
Brother Liu, like Li Mu, is a native of Nansu Province. Jinling is the capital city of the province, and the joint venture Iveco settled in Jinling is naturally half a hometown enterprise in the hearts of Nansu people, but Li Mu does not really want to take care of the development of his hometown enterprise, but rather. Because in his memory, most of the black SF Express transport vehicles that travel through the city are Iveco, and the red JD transport vehicles that also travel on urban roads are basically completed by Iveco.
These two companies, one is the country's largest express logistics company, and the other is the country's largest B2C e-commerce own logistics system. The two logistics systems use IVECO vehicles as solutions at the end of logistics transportation, which proves that IVECO must It is one of the most suitable solutions. There are many suitable solutions, but since there are predecessors who have figured out the way for themselves, why bother to explore a new direction?
After talking about Iveco, Li Mu said again: "By the way, Brother Liu, let the people in his hands find a suitable motorcycle manufacturer and order 10,000 motor tricycles. The requirements for motor tricycles are that they must have sufficient power and endurance, and manufacturers are required to Add a unified cargo box and front windshield to the motor tricycle, and like our heavy trucks and small and medium-sized trucks, they must be painted uniformly."
Liu Rongdong looked at Li Mu in astonishment and asked him, "Ten thousand motor tricycles? Are you going to use a motor tricycle to solve the last step?"
Li Mu nodded, talking about terminal delivery, in fact, in Li Mu's mind, motor tricycles are the real terminal delivery overlords!
At present, few couriers use oil-powered tricycles for final delivery. Small couriers are basically bicycles and motorcycles, and large cargoes are basically light trucks. The former has a weak cargo carrying capacity, and the courier must constantly return to the business point; The latter has low turnover efficiency, and sometimes it takes half an hour to drive into a congested and narrow neighborhood. Motor tricycles with small cargo boxes have become the best solution.
In the future, after the express delivery business is booming and the industry operation methods are proficient, the postal, SF Express, Shentong, Zhongtong, JD.com and other express delivery systems will solve the last step of the logistics solution. Hundreds of logistics companies have summed up the best solution. At present, the logistics industry has not developed, and motor tricycles have not yet emerged in the express industry, so let's make a debut in our own logistics system!
Liu Yongdong can understand why Li Mu needs 10,000 motor tricycles, and he can also see the huge advantages of motor tricycles, but when Li Mu said that the manufacturers are required to carry out uniform painting, he couldn't help but ask Li Mu: "After talking for so long, we What is the name of the self-built logistics?"
(To be continued.)