5 Choices For Importing Electricity Suppliers To Choose Warehousing And Logistics

By September 2014, China's import electricity supplier pilot cities have increased to 7, and the import and export mode of bonded import and direct purchase has swept across the cross-border online shopping market. The development space of import business has been continuously enlarged, and the demand for cross-border warehousing and logistics is also rising. In the era of cross border e-commerce with logistics as the king, quality and efficiency are high. Warehousing logistics service providers It has become an important weight for the electric business enterprise to open the market and improve the user experience. In the face of all kinds of logistics solutions and service providers, how should the importing electricity supplier choose their "best partner"? This station will learn more about many e-commerce enterprises and logistics providers, and share their practical experience with everyone.

1, clearly understand their needs and service providers' services.

It is best for them to be suited to their own needs. The importing business operators must sort out their own business models combined with commodity categories, and identify their location in order to choose the most suitable logistics solution. At present, there are five major business models for import electricity suppliers, such as direct shipment platform and overseas purchasing agency, while the 7 major import pilot cities mainly test bonded import and direct purchase customs clearance mode. Direct purchase import mode for purchasing agents, categories of broader business platform and Overseas electricity supplier It is more applicable and can be shipped directly from abroad, which has an advantage over the diversity of goods. The bonded import mode has advantages in terms of price and timeliness, and is suitable for the electric business enterprises with relatively concentrated category and large stocking capacity. In addition, e-commerce enterprises need to know whether their service providers provide warehousing, packing and placing orders, reinforcing insurance prices, personalized packaging, and even special customs clearance services according to their needs. Different logistics providers have different advantages in different logistics channels and trunk lines, and the guarantee of timeliness is different.

It is understood that the industry's well-known import and export electricity supplier global E station, Mai Le buy, Xiu Xiu net, Fu Lan international and so on through the Guangzhou post cross-border easy to import professional logistics pilot enterprises. By comparing different logistics enterprises, the cross border is easy to be a small number of enterprises in China, which are clearly positioned as reverse FBA service providers for import electricity providers. They can provide one-stop supply chain services such as bonded import and direct purchase, and customize different logistics solutions according to the needs of enterprises, so as to meet the needs of most of the imported electricity suppliers.

　 2. Customs clearance capability

It is easy to understand from the cross border that bonded imports can basically achieve 24 hours' quick clearance. Under the direct purchase mode, the customs inspection system can accomplish 1% customs clearance procedures in just a few seconds, due to the complete and transparent commodity information and the less than 1% spot check rate. In these two modes, how to declare to customs is particularly important. For example, the declared value is too high, the probability of being taxed is high, and the declared value is low, which is not in conformity with the actual value of the goods. The import commodities are multifarious, and the types of commodities directly affect the tax rate, tax amount, regulatory requirements and customs declaration requirements. Therefore, the ability of customs clearance of logistics companies is also very high, whose customs clearance ability is high, so that the safety and fast arrival of packages can reach the buyers' hands, who can enhance the user experience and occupy the market.

3, do you provide overseas warehouse services?

Direct purchase is a popular way of buying by the buyers. The goods are shipped directly from abroad, the goods are more diversified, and the enterprises do not have the pressure to hoard goods. But this also puts forward the demand for overseas warehouses for the electricity suppliers, and there is only a handful of logistics enterprises that have the ability to meet overseas warehouses. Song Jinyan, the head of the cross border easy global main business agent, believes that only the service providers who have the three background and strength of the electricity supplier, international logistics and IT can successfully revitalize the overseas warehouse. First, the electricity supplier background can accurately grasp every kind of demand and development trend of the electricity supplier. Secondly, the rich international logistics experience makes the service providers have great advantages in overseas resources, warehousing throughput, operation management and so on. IT's technological strength can develop a logistics storage system that meets the needs of the back end and front-end of the electricity supplier, so as to provide strong technical support for cross-border electricity providers.

　 4. Warehouse operation capability

Like traditional electricity providers, the importing electricity supplier also has the characteristics of massive SKU, massive orders and high timeliness requirements. The operation efficiency of warehouse management will directly affect the sales plan, the accuracy and timeliness of delivery, the efficiency of peak order processing, and even the individuation of packaging, which will affect the evaluation and user experience of buyers. Functional, stable and efficient operation system, different SKU turnover ability, right Purchase The whole supply chain of storage, picking, distribution and so on is very important. On the other hand, warehousing ERP must also have perfect docking and distribution functions. Now many electricity suppliers are multi platform, multi shop and multi-channel sales, and warehousing system must be able to realize multi platform sharing, inventory timely feedback, early warning and other functions.

　 5. Transport and distribution capabilities

Double eleven will soon be ready. The electricity suppliers are already ready to fight. The storage speed is very fast, and the distribution speed is not fast. On the one hand, for importing electricity providers, it is very important to air direct and eliminate all kinds of subcontracting links. Minimizing the loss rate and breakage rate is very important. On the other hand, for buyers, besides speed, transparency and controllability are also very important. Buyers can clearly know the change of each node at any time, and understand the specific links in the supply chain process such as delivery, aircraft, customs clearance, distribution and so on, so that buyers can feel relieved. The head of the global E station of the importing electricity supplier told the station that "after the buyer placed the order, we launched the overseas forecast mode. The parcel is still on the plane. We have uploaded the parcel information to the customs clearance system through the cross border easy platform. The customs clearance rate is very fast, and it is also convenient for the parcel to deliver to the buyer at the fastest speed." With regard to transparency, overseas direct bidding and the use of the same odd number at home and abroad have also effectively solved the problem of tracking the whole logistics process. Xu also believes that only by taking user experience as the core, optimizing distribution routes and distribution links, and improving service quality from various aspects such as timeliness, safety, distribution scope and package tracking, can Hai Tao be as convenient as shopping on domestic websites.

Of course, in addition to the above points, e-commerce providers can also focus on logistics enterprises' service awareness, brand awareness, corporate culture and other aspects, and try to choose a service provider that can best satisfy their needs. At present, cross-border electricity providers are still at the initial stage of development, and cross-border warehousing and logistics are also growing. In the future, there will be more excellent warehousing and logistics enterprises joining the service team to provide more professional and better services for cross-border electricity providers.