Liu Edong finally understood why Li Mu had always admired belly cargo resources so much. If logistics were operated according to Li Mu's model, next-day express delivery would be possible in most parts of the country. Compared with the current express delivery, Li Mu's planning speed is simply terrifying. It has a negative impact on the entire country. The industry is also unprecedentedly disruptive.
In fact, what is the difference in hardware between logistics in 2002 and logistics in 2016? Are planes flying faster in 2016 than in 2002? Or are cars in 2016 faster than cars in 2002? No, the real advantage in 2016 lies in the market trend and the maturity of supporting support. Moreover, even in 2016, most logistics companies are unable to provide next-day delivery. Only SF Express can basically guarantee point-to-point transportation between big cities. Next day delivery, other companies still can't keep up with the timeliness.
Li Mu does not want to do all air transportation, but mainly air transportation and supplemented by land transportation. He wants to use such a high-end and efficient blueprint to plan for future high-end competitiveness. After planning these, he also immediately plans the supporting second-hand transportation. Level solutions for land and rail transportation.
Li Mu told Liu Edong: "Air express is fast, but the cost is also high. Future market demand may not necessarily pursue timeliness. There will still be many users who pursue cost-effectiveness. If air mail arrives the next day, it will cost more than 20 yuan. , when three-day land shipments only cost fifteen yuan or less, I believe a large number of users will choose the latter. However, for us, whether it is the former or the latter, the point-to-face transportation process remains the same. Yes, it’s just that the point-to-point transportation mode of the latter has changed. We will purchase a certain number of container freight trucks to replace the belly cargo warehouses of airlines to complete point-to-point transportation. Although the timeliness of land transportation is slightly worse, The cost reduction is not just a little bit.”
Liu Edong saw it very clearly and understood, nodded, and said with excitement: "As long as our model is finalized, these details will be very flexible, but Mr. Li, you have planned so much, I am afraid that the funds of 80 million to 100 million will be It’s not enough.”
Li Mu said: "It's definitely not enough, far from enough, but it doesn't matter. Alipay now has huge accumulated funds and has close relationships with major banks. As long as the central bank hasn't intervened, we can always maintain a relationship with these major banks and use Alipay." If we scan our faces, they will definitely give us a high-leverage loan. Every penny and item we invest in hardware in the future must be mortgaged to the bank, and then we can borrow more money from the bank."
Li Mu doesn't have much money in the books of several companies now. Some time ago, he transferred most of the funds into Wanying Yanjing Branch to get land for Song Liang. After successfully acquiring the land, the money will continue to increase. For a while, Li Mu expected to wait until the line map of Line 10 was announced and land prices rose, and then re-mortgage it to the bank to get more funds out, so the money would not be able to move for a while.
Under this circumstance, it is already a limit for several companies to immediately raise 80 million to 100 million without affecting their own operations. The rest will have to find banks for help. However, several other companies The cash flow of the company is very healthy, and it can continuously provide blood transfusion to the logistics company.
In fact, Li Mu also has a trump card for mobilizing funds, which is Alipay guarantee. With Alipay's current scale, it is very easy to use it as a guarantee for bank loans.
Soon, Fang Xudong was also called over. Li Mu explained the current situation and his plan for self-built logistics in front of Liu Yudong. Fang Xudong didn't seem to be too shaken after hearing this. In fact, he was already worried in his heart. Like a stormy sea.
Fang Xudong is considered a geek. He had never been exposed to operations before when he worked for Google. Today, after listening to Li Muyi’s words, he realized how dangerous the real market is. In the market, it is not you who can win the final victory if you do your best, but who does it. The more ruthless you are, who will have the last laugh.
Although he was amazed in his heart, Fang Xudong still showed extremely high professionalism. He immediately took out a pen and a small notepad and asked Li Mu: "What are the specific requirements of the logistics management system, or in other words, what functions should be achieved?"
Li Mu thought for a while and said: "Our logistics management system not only needs to store and update all express information in real time, but also needs to track and record each of our vehicles, containers or packages, and accurately record the records. The warehousing situation of each of our logistics bases is even accurate to the information of each employee, as well as the jurisdiction that the employee is responsible for, as well as his work status, every package he receives, and every package he delivers. In a word, this A system must monitor every department and link of logistics.”
Fang Xudong nodded and asked Li Mu: "How to determine our express ID? If we want to track the status of each express, then it must have a unique ID."
Li Mu said: "The waybill must be specially customized. We can cooperate with a special printing factory for this. It is not a problem. Then each waybill will have a unique waybill number, and it will be matched with the barcode of the corresponding waybill number. Then you need to let Combining code scanning gun equipment and software, when the front-end courier collects an item, the receiving and processing personnel will scan the code of the express waybill. As long as he chooses the 'warehouse scan code' system, at this time This waybill number is automatically entered into the system. From this moment on, the status of the package is officially defined as being collected, and the name of the collection business point is automatically indicated. For example, if it is collected at the Zhongguancun business point, send it to Jinling, then the Zhongguancun receptionist only needs to scan the order number, and the system needs to automatically enter it, and define the status as: a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, a certain hour of a certain minute, Yanjing Zhongguancun Business Office—accepted receive."
Fang Xudong nodded and quickly wrote down Li Mu's needs on the paper with the pen in his hand.
Li Mu continued: "Then, continuing the example I just gave, the Zhongguancun business office will set the deadline for receiving goods on a working day at 6 p.m., so after 6 o'clock every day, all express items received on this working day will be processed. Packing, all express items are packed into one package or several packages, and the system will automatically generate a name for the packaged package. For example, the time of the day is January 1, 2003, then the package ID is defined as: Zhongguancun Business Office Code +20030101 +serial number."
"If the code of the Zhongguancun business point is 0010022, the first four digits 0010 are the area code, representing the city, and the last three digits represent the order of the business point in the city. In this way, a unique ID can be generated for each business office, and The express mail of the day was divided into two packages, so the names of these two packages are 0010022-20030101-01 and 0010022-20030101-02. Although they all look like numbers, it is easy to understand the information if you know the rules. Alright?"
Fang Xudong tapped the tip of his pen: "I understand very well."
"OK!" Li Mu continued: "During the packaging process, each small express item must be scanned before being packed into the package. This is a convenient task and will not waste any time, but it can record the status of the express item that has been packed. , so, at this time, our packer only needs to select 'Package and scan code', and then for every express item he scans, the system status will automatically change to: Zhongguancun Business Point - Packing."
"After the packaging is completed, the staff will print out the barcode generated by the package code and paste it on the package. These two large packages will be sent to Yanjing Logistics Base. Then before loading, the staff will scan the code to confirm the package. , change the status to loaded and sent to Yanjing Logistics Base. At this time, you should note that once a large package is scanned and confirmed for loading, the status of all small express items contained in the large package must be changed in batches to: Zhongguancun Business point—it has been loaded onto the truck and sent to Yanjing Logistics Base."
Fang Xudong continued to nod: "I understand."
Li Mu continued: "After the express arrives at the Yanjing Logistics Base, someone will be responsible for scanning the codes of the large packages while unloading the truck. Every time a code is scanned, the system will batch change the status of all small packages in the package to: just like before. The express shipment has arrived at Yanjing Logistics Base."
"clear."
Li Mu said: "The next step is unpacking and sorting. Super large express delivery companies in Western countries have now entered the era of automated sorting. However, the cost of equipment is too high. Now neither we nor Big Brother Postal Service can afford it. So we can only sort manually. For manual sorting, we need to simply build several belt conveyors, and then distinguish them according to the logistics base where the express delivery address belongs. The same principle is that each package is sorted and sent to a certain location. When the strips are on the conveyor, the staff will also scan them, and the system will automatically update the status at this time: Yanjing Logistics Base, sorted, ready to be sent to Shanghai Logistics Base."
"clear."
"Furthermore, all express items sent to Shanghai on that day have been sorted. They will be sorted into two batches according to the transportation method. One batch will go to Shanghai by air transportation, and the other will go to Shanghai by land transportation. City, if our express is an airmail, then it will be repacked after being sorted. The process is the same as packaging before loading in the business hall. We must promptly show that it is being packed at the Yanjing Logistics Base and is ready to be sent to Shanghai. City Logistics Base.”
"Furthermore, the express will take the earliest flight to Shanghai in the early morning of the next day after being packed. After arriving at the Shanghai logistics base, it will still need to be scanned before unpacking. At this time, it will be updated again and it will display: The express has been Arrive at the Shanghai Logistics Base and prepare to unpack."
"After unpacking, it is sorted according to the different cities to which the express shipment is destined. After sorting, it is packed again. The status changes to: Shanghai Logistics Base has been packed and sent to Jinling."
"The express parcel arrives at Jinling and is unpacked and sorted at the Jinling headquarters. At this time, it is very close to the recipient. When the express parcel is delivered to the recipient's business point, the status will be updated to: Sent to XX business point. "
"After arriving at the business point, scan again and the system will automatically change the status: Arrived at XX business point."
"Before the delivery person at the business point sets off, he must conduct a pre-delivery scan of all express items to be delivered and select 'delivery scan'. After this scan, not only the status of all express items will be displayed as: The courier has set off, please do this When preparing for receipt, the personal information of the delivery employee must also be displayed based on his ID, for example: Delivery employee Liu Yidong, contact number 139xxxxxxxx."
"The dispatcher Liu Edong went out and delivered a total of thirty express parcels. When he returned to the company, he held thirty signed express delivery receipts in his hand. The last thing he had to do was to make final inspections on these thirty express delivery receipts. In one scan, as long as he selects 'delivery scan' and quickly scans the thirty receipts, the system will update the status of these thirty express items for the last time: the express has been signed for, thank you for using XX Express."
"This is the information system I want, a complete set of back-end management system and front-end real-time query system. Whether it is ourselves or the senders and recipients among our users, we can control the movement of each of our express delivery in real time. Route, perform a certain operation at a certain moment, at a certain place, and bring an unprecedented user experience to our customers! This system will be our core reliance to crush our opponents!"
Adhering to air transportation, insisting on informatization, insisting on automation, and ensuring high efficiency will be the basis for SF Express's future success in the Chinese express delivery market. Now, Li Mu relies on the same for the next step of express delivery business, but it will be realized a few years earlier than SF Express. This is not the case. He is not imitating SF Express, because this is not SF Express’s original work at all, but the rise of the international express oligarch UPS. SF Express can achieve great success, firstly, thanks to UPS as a teacher, and secondly, thanks to UPS, DHL, and FedEx back then. Due to various reasons, it did not enter the Chinese market. Otherwise, no matter how powerful Wang Wei was, SF Express would not have achieved such high achievements as later generations.
Li Mu spoke with great passion. Liu Edong and Fang Xudong looked at each other. Both of them were stunned by the whole process Li Mu had constructed.
The logic of Li Mu's management system is unprecedented in the domestic express delivery industry. One of the two is an operational expert and the other is a technical master. They both have a very thorough understanding of the logic and products. Try to deduce it and you will know. Li Mu's logic is so perfect that it allows the direction of every express shipment to be monitored in real time. Needless to say, the management convenience and efficiency improvements it brings will also provide a better user experience. In the past, sending express delivery was equivalent to sending a carrier pigeon. If the recipient did not reply, the sender himself would not know where the carrier pigeon had gone or whether it had flown there. The whole process was completely uncontrollable, but , if this system is put into use, users can firmly grasp every step of the express shipment, which is simply too convenient!
In 2002, the express delivery industry was still in its infancy, and information processing was simply an unimaginable cross-border product. It was almost impossible for them to invest in developing such a system themselves, and software development companies on the market would never develop such a product, because If the audience is too small, you will lose money. Currently, only those popular industries will be targeted by software companies, such as hospitals, Internet cafes, and supermarkets.
Zhaijiu provides two systems of its own. In order to highlight its strong style, it always likes to use the word "informatization" when promoting to others. However, these two systems are only internal management systems that are still under testing, and their functions are better than those of Li Mu. The required front-end, back-end, internal and external management systems are vastly different. Among other things, they currently do not support users to query the status of express shipments in real time.
Therefore, Liu Edong and Fang Xudong both understand that if this management system combined with hardware is developed, no matter what kind of express delivery company Li Mu wants to be, it can kill the entire industry in an instant!
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