With the advancement of Midea Group's layout into the field of smart logistics, the market prospect of the smart logistics market seems to be within reach.
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At the China Home Appliances and Consumer Electronics Expo (AWE2018) which has just concluded in Shanghai, Andy Ziplink, the landing company of the Smart Logistics Strategy of the US Group, first showed four robots Air-pick, Air-carry, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee to the outside world. Systems, which represent different smart warehouse applications. In addition, Andhra Group can provide customers with smart logistics products covering all aspects and scenarios of logistics applications while integrating internal KUKA, Swisslog and external technology and equipment resources. Services, from simple to local, to high-end integrated solutions.
'We are a company driven by technology and changing logistics through technology. It is clear that we are definitely a modern logistics company'. For the positioning of a technology company or a technology company or a logistics company, Liu Xungong, general manager of Andre Zhilian, is accepting Chinese home appliances. The net reporter gave a more accurate answer.
Andre was a logistics company established by Midea Group in 2000. At that time, it was only a logistics department within the group that served the United States. Before and after 2013, Ande gradually opened up to the public and formed a third-party logistics company that was open to the outside world. For the past three years, Midea has carried out a number of thorough capabilities and transformations of its business layout to establish a logistics company of omni-channel service type. Under the drive of technology and empowerment, Smart Logistics has become the main direction for Andre today.
'Using science and technology to effectively connect relevant parties of the business, using data to drive division of labor and collaboration, to provide customers and consumers with smarter one-stop solutions. This is what we understand (the concept of smart logistics)', Liu Xungong. In the introduction, currently Ander is in the process of deploying technology, solutions and customer operations.
At present, Andhrix can flexibly deploy corresponding intelligent storage equipment according to the company's production capacity, without having to place it once, and the system can do scheduling. The foreign experience of benchmarking is improved by 60%. If it is a new warehouse or new construction In the factory, you can choose high-end solutions from Anderzlink. If it is an existing warehouse or factory reconstruction, you can choose solutions such as Optimus Prime and bumblebee system. In terms of intelligent storage, Advantage’s greatest advantage is in the original scene. To do the layout, combined with the new program, reached a 24-hour installation, 48 hours to put into use.
In specific smart products, Andre currently covers product lines such as functional dimensions, technical application dimensions, and customer industry differentiation dimensions. At a specific application level, it can provide advice and planning for the customer's needs and design implementation. , One-stop solutions for operation and maintenance. The product categories range from common stacker cranes, conveyor lines, AGV robots, to matching intelligent vision systems and control systems, and to the industry's cutting-edge AR, VR, 3D vision. , Scheduling algorithms, artificial intelligence technologies, etc., Andre has a corresponding technical research layout.
It is worth mentioning that the application of AGV's intelligent warehouse equipment AGV can be based on the plan of the e-commerce site. The e-commerce provider only needs to provide a site to maintain the flatness of the ground. On this basis, it can be installed and installed. , It takes only 3 days from installation to completion, which greatly saves time costs and resources.
'In the original scene layout, combined with the new program, 24 hours installed, 48 hours can be put into use. This concept, in the industry, only Andrew Anderson can do '. For this advantage in intelligent storage, Liu Xun Gong is very confidence.
At present, Ande Zhilian’s external business proportion is close to 50%. In 2017, its overall scale was close to 7 billion. Liu Xungong stated that In the future, Andre will maintain an annual growth of 30%. By 2019, the goal is to achieve 10 billion. There is great confidence within this target group.
For domestic logistics companies, smart logistics is the key to whether or not they can take a dominant position in the future market competition. In a broad sense, smart logistics refers to smart technologies, such as smart hardware, internet of things, and big data. The logistics system analyzes the decision-making and intelligent execution capabilities to enhance the intelligence and automation of the entire logistics system. According to the data from the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, the current logistics companies' demand for smart logistics includes logistics data, logistics cloud, and logistics equipment. In 2016, the scale of smart logistics market exceeds 200 billion yuan. By 2025, the scale of smart logistics market will exceed one trillion yuan.
At present, all parties in the logistics industry are scrambling to spend huge sums of money in the distribution of smart logistics, entering the market from different angles to seize opportunities for development. Among these, there are e-commerce companies represented by Ali, JD, Suning, etc. UPS, DHL, SF Express and other express logistics companies, as well as the United States, Haier and other group of household electrical appliance companies. These companies their extraordinary strength destined to the future of the smart logistics market is very competitive.
As the settler of Midea Group's smart logistics strategy, what role will Ande Zhilian play in the future? Liu Xungong finally stated that, 'We hope that we can create value for our customers and create more value for the industry, through changes in the economic environment, With industrial upgrading and consumption upgrading, we hope to be able to walk ahead in the management transformation and upgrading of the entire logistics industry and logistics companies. This is our vision.