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Properly develop the fourth party logistics to promote the development of China's logistics industry

when the third party logistics has just been widely recognized by the world logistics industry, a new logistics concept "fourth party logistics" has attracted much attention in the industry. Because it is the general trend of the development of modern logistics industry, if China's logistics wants to develop rapidly, it must vigorously develop the fourth party logistics

first, why should China vigorously develop the fourth party logistics

vigorously develop the fourth party logistics is determined by China's national conditions. The lack of third-party logistics in China calls for the fourth party logistics. The development of third-party logistics in China is slow. China's existing transportation enterprises or warehousing enterprises, no matter how large, do not reflect the due scale effect. On the contrary, these enterprises have low operating efficiency and narrow profit space. The reason is that enterprises are fighting alone, disorderly competition, and unable to integrate forces to provide customers with standardized, whole process, and a complete set of logistics management and services. If China simply develops third-party logistics enterprises, there will inevitably be many obstacles and disadvantages. If the fourth party logistics is involved in the development of China's logistics industry, it will improve the overall level of China's logistics development and quickly shorten the gap with foreign logistics industry. Therefore, China should vigorously develop the fourth party logistics. The limitations of third-party logistics determine the development of fourth party logistics. The limitations of third-party logistics are: first, China's industrial and commercial enterprises have formed a "large and comprehensive" pattern for a long time, or put a heavy burden on enterprises in the fierce competition. Repeated construction is not only not conducive to reducing production costs, but also has become an obstacle to the development of logistics. Second, the vast majority of logistics enterprises in China have problems such as "small" (small business scale), "small" (small market share, few service functions, and few high-quality talents), "weak" (weak competitiveness, weak financing ability), and "scattered" (unstable supply and single structure, scattered networks, and irregular business order). Third, some enterprises want to get involved in third-party logistics, but they only have single functions and low management level, which cannot meet the requirements of third-party logistics; Fourth, the third-party logistics is limited by its own ability. In logistics information and technology, it is impossible to meet the logistics needs of the whole social system, let alone make full use of social resources. Fifth, after China's entry into WTO, China's third-party logistics companies will face the competition of multinational logistics companies, and it is difficult to achieve the comprehensive competitiveness of rivals in terms of technical services in the short term. This requires a leading fourth party logistics provider to provide comprehensive supply chain solutions to integrate social logistics resources and form a comprehensive synergy of China's logistics industry

in addition, the advantages of forming characteristics of the fourth party logistics determine that we should vigorously develop the fourth party logistics. The fourth party logistics has the following advantages:

1. It has the advantage of integrated planning of the whole supply chain and logistics system. The advantage of third-party logistics lies in the actual logistics business operation capabilities such as transportation, storage, packaging, loading and unloading, distribution, circulation and processing. There are obvious limitations in comprehensive skills, integrated technology, strategic planning, regional and global expansion capabilities, especially the lack of the ability to integrate and plan the entire supply chain and logistics system. The core competitiveness of the fourth party logistics lies in the ability to integrate and plan the whole supply chain and logistics system, which is also the fundamental to reduce the logistics costs of customer enterprises

2. It has the advantage of integrating resources that are not evenly distributed across the supply chain service providers. As a leading logistics service provider, fourth party logistics can integrate the best third-party logistics service providers, management consulting service providers, information technology service providers and e-commerce service providers through its ability to affect the entire supply chain, so as to provide personalized Diversified supply chain solutions to create excess value

3. With the advantages of information and service network, the operation of the fourth party logistics company mainly depends on information and network. Its strong information technology support ability and extensive service network coverage support ability are very important for customer enterprises to explore domestic and foreign markets and reduce logistics costs, and also the advantage of obtaining customers' trust and large long-term orders

4. With talent advantages, the fourth party logistics company has a large number of high-quality international logistics and supply chain management professionals and teams, which can provide comprehensive and excellent supply chain management and operation for customer enterprises, provide personalized and diversified supply chain solutions, and implement the logistics development strategy suitable for the company's strategy while solving the actual logistics business. Developing the fourth party logistics can reduce logistics capital investment and capital occupation. Through the fourth party logistics, enterprises can greatly reduce capital investment in logistics facilities (such as warehouses, distribution centers, fleets, logistics service points, etc.), reduce capital occupation, improve the speed of capital turnover, and reduce investment risks. Reduce inventory management and storage costs. Through its excellent supply chain management and operation capabilities, the fourth party logistics company can achieve the goal of "zero inventory" in the supply chain and reduce storage costs for all enterprises in the supply chain. At the same time, the fourth party logistics has greatly improved the inventory management of customer enterprises, which will constitute a great environmental impact level, thereby reducing the cost of inventory management. Developing the fourth party logistics can also improve the quality of logistics services and enhance the corporate image

second, the development status and obstacles of the fourth party logistics in China

at present, the fourth party logistics in China is still a "conceptualized" fourth party logistics company. Some logistics companies, consulting companies and even software companies in the South have claimed that their companies are companies engaged in "fourth party logistics" services. These companies regard no fleet and no warehouse as a fashion; Claim to have information technology, but in fact lack of supply chain design ability; Just regard the fourth party logistics as a commercial hype model; Others directly equate the consulting company with the fourth party logistics company

generally speaking, there is no fourth party logistics company in the strict sense in China, and it is basically still in the conceptual stage. Most of them are vulgarized fourth party logistics companies. The fundamental reason is that they don't really understand what fourth party logistics is, and don't meet their own needs and even the needs of the world. They don't conduct in-depth investigation and Analysis on whether China really needs fourth party logistics at present, but just stay at the stage of commercial hype. At present, the development of China's fourth party logistics faces many obstacles, which are difficult to overcome in a short time. The main obstacles lie in the following aspects: (1) the market demand of the fourth party logistics in China is insufficient; (2) The foundation of the fourth party logistics in China is insufficient; (3) Lack of customer recognition and trust; (4) The construction of logistics information platform is backward and 5 talents are scarce

Third, how to develop the fourth party logistics in China

China has a long way to go to develop the fourth party logistics, so we must make an overall plan and step by step. The following are the suggestions of some authoritative logistics experts:

1 Develop the third-party logistics and provide the foundation for the fourth party logistics. Only by vigorously developing third-party logistics enterprises, can the fourth party logistics have a foundation for development. China is still in the initial stage of developing third-party logistics. International third-party logistics companies have not been allowed to operate real third-party logistics business in China. The state-owned companies with logistics as the main body have not yet completed the transformation of business mechanism. Although private third-party logistics companies are rising, they are not fully fledged. At the same time, the outsourcing of logistics to third parties by manufacturing enterprises has not yet formed a climate. Therefore, vigorously developing third-party logistics is the most important measure to improve the development level of China's logistics industry, and it is also a necessary prerequisite for the development of fourth party logistics

2. Establish a national logistics public information platform. At present, China is promoting the process of informatization, and the logistics industry plays an important role in China's economy. The best way to combine the current booming e-commerce and modern logistics industry is to establish a public platform for the national logistics industry and integrate the resources of logistics enterprises (including third-party logistics enterprises) through international interconnection, so as to truly improve the logistics industry of our country, Only in this way can we calmly deal with the competition of multinational logistics companies after China's entry into the WTO. At present, there are many logistics enterprises using the Internet to operate business in China, but not many of them can integrate certain social resources and have certain social impact. Therefore, the current task is to focus on cultivating the logistics information platform that has the embryonic form of the fourth party logistics and has a certain foundation in integrating logistics resources, so as to develop it into the fourth party logistics

3. we should speed up the training of logistics talents and strengthen the introduction of logistics talents. At present, China is lack of talents who are familiar with the fourth party logistics. The low utilization rate of logistics resources due to the lack of effective management of logistics resources has become a major problem in the development of China's logistics industry. Therefore, it is necessary to change the talent mechanism in the current logistics system, vigorously introduce and cultivate logistics talents who master the knowledge of the fourth party logistics, and form a team of entrepreneurs and backbone logistics operators who adapt to the development of modern logistics industry, so as to promote and ensure the smooth implementation of the fourth party logistics in China in the future and improve the overall level of China's logistics industry

4. Innovate logistics enterprises and adapt to the new trend of modern logistics development. The fourth party logistics puts forward higher requirements for logistics enterprises, so the innovation of logistics enterprises is imperative. The first is the renewal of ideas and the correct understanding of modern logistics. Secondly, we should pay attention to the research and development of logistics distribution technology and equipment, reduce logistics costs and improve the efficiency of logistics distribution. Finally, we should pay attention to the research and exchange of logistics theory and speed up the process of rationalization and modernization of logistics

5. The government plans as a whole and does a good job in logistics infrastructure construction. The real improvement of China's logistics industry must be completed through the fourth party logistics. The government should strengthen overall planning, pay attention to the investment and construction of logistics facilities, and lay a good foundation for logistics distribution, which are the necessary conditions for the growth of fourth party logistics. The third-party logistics enterprise itself is the "profit point" of the logistics industry, and it can survive by relying on its own development law. The fourth party logistics plays an extremely important role in integrating social resources and improving the logistics industry. Its development plays an important role in promoting or restricting economic development, commodity circulation and mass consumption. Therefore, in the logistics industry policy, we should focus on the logistics infrastructure

6. Promote the concept of the fourth party logistics and obtain the recognition and trust of customers. In China, even the third-party logistics has not been popularized. As a new concept of logistics, the fourth party logistics, many enterprises may not be clear, and there is no recognition and trust at all. Therefore, it is the primary task to promote the concept of the fourth party logistics at this stage, so that domestic enterprises can understand and understand the fourth party logistics in order to obtain their recognition and trust

the fourth party logistics is the development trend of modern logistics. Although it has just shown its "sharp corners" in China, it will definitely thrive in the future and contribute a great deal to the rapid and healthy development of China's logistics and China's economic construction. Let's look forward to this day. (end)