Traditional freight forwarding is an intermediary industry, between shipowners and shippers, engaged in the business scope is limited to booking, customs clearance, transshipment and other links of single transport labor services. In the development of international commodity circulation, international freight forwarding, as a link and subsystem of international trade service transportation, has become an indispensable part of international trade.

Lianyungang freight forwarding company found that with the rapid development of international trade and the continuous progress of economic globalization, the logistics industry with comprehensive service functions came into being, and transnational freight forwarding companies with strong strength led the international logistics tide. International freight forwarding industry is undergoing a significant historical evolution:

1. Develop towards intensification and synergy

Because of the wave of mergers and acquisitions among large enterprises in various industries and the rapid development of online trade, the flow of goods in international trade is accelerating to the direction of globalization. In order to adapt to this development trend, some large forwarding company across the border, a massive mergers and acquisitions, joint or restructuring, the formation of new multinational companies or joint logistics enterprise, to give full play to the network advantage, its logistics network in all over the world and build the company's global integration of logistics network, save time and cost, provides the high-quality service for the owner of the goods; At the same time, it also strives for a larger market share for the enterprise and wins the competition with absolute superiority. The most representative example of this success is deutsche post. From a traditional postal enterprise before 1990, through a series of measures such as asset restructuring, restructuring and listing, and professional operation, this enterprise has become the world's largest freight forwarding enterprise and listed logistics enterprise with annual sales of 29 billion dollars. Its business covers four major sectors such as letter, express, logistics and finance.

2. Develop to high-tech, informatization and intelligent logistics

From the situation of the United States, Europe, Japan and other developed countries and regions, the development trend of modern international freight forwarding is to high technology, information, automation, intelligence and integration. The enterprise's technical equipment has reached a fairly high level, forming a modern logistics equipment technology pattern with information technology as the core, supported by transportation technology, distribution technology, loading, unloading and handling technology, automatic storage technology, inventory control technology, packaging technology and other professional technologies. Widespread adoption of wireless Internet, satellite positioning technology (GPs), geographic information system (eIs) and radio frequency identification technology (RF), bar code, bar code management system, as well as the electronic identification and tracking technology, intelligent traffic and transport system (Ⅱ s), and even automated guided vehicles (AGv) technology and handling robot (Robotsyst. M) technology. Set of information, mechanization, automation and intelligent in one.

3. Expand to the third party and fourth party logistics

Third party logistics (3PL) refers to a mode of operation in which a third party, other than the buyer and the seller, performs logistics services. Compared with the "self-sufficient" first-party logistics of customer self-service and the second-party logistics provided by the supplier, the third-party logistics is an efficient and efficient modern socialized logistics service mode. It can not only provide the primary services such as warehousing, quotation, customs clearance, transportation and distribution provided by general international freight forwarders, but also provide higher level services such as information communication, packaging, personnel training and goods distribution.

Enterprises that provide systematic solutions such as supply chain management and logistics consulting to the former three parties are called "fourth party logistics" (4PL), which usually includes logistics companies directly spawned by the third party logistics. Compared with the third party logistics, the fourth party logistics has more service content, covers more areas and operates more efficiently. Not only has the supply chain management function, that is, manages the entire supply process from shippers, shippers to users and customers; It also has the function of transportation integration, which is responsible for the connection and coordination of business operations between transportation companies and logistics companies. Moreover, it has the function of supply chain reengineering, that is, according to the requirements of shippers and shippers in the supply chain strategy, it can change or adjust the strategy and tactics in time, so that the products can be delivered to the demanders "faster, better and cheaper".

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