Xiamen's express delivery market is full of vitality, and the new "magic tool" makes express delivery faster to your home
2024-08-15
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As of August 13 this year, my country's express delivery business volume has exceeded 100 billion pieces. In Xiamen, the industry data is also impressive - according to statistics from the Municipal Postal Administration, in the first half of this year, Xiamen's express delivery business volume totaled 386.408 million pieces, a year-on-year increase of 17.4%.
The delivery of "small packages" has not only increased in quantity, but also improved in quality. This is inseparable from the innovative applications of the express delivery industry, which has greatly improved the delivery efficiency and service level.
Smart light strips replace traditional paper strips. When picking up parcels, they will automatically light up and emit a buzzing sound, which is convenient and environmentally friendly. The "little yellow car" shaped like a sweeping robot has a tray "on its head" to load express parcels, and it only takes a dozen seconds to complete the delivery...
The smart "light bar" makes picking up items more convenient.
Yesterday, the reporter visited major express delivery companies in Xiamen and found that from sorting to delivery, there are many innovative applications in each link, and new digital and intelligent "magic tools" are helping the "last mile" of logistics delivery.
Convenient pickup
Smart light strips replace paper strips, automatically light up and make sounds when someone picks up a package
Yesterday morning, the reporter came to the Cainiao Station on Gaopu Beimen Road. On the shelf, each express delivery was clamped with a small light bar. A closer look revealed that the light bar was equipped with a chip and an electronic light, and the outside was affixed with a QR code and a barcode.
The reporter saw at the scene that unlike the previous post station staff who used the pickup code to find the express delivery, residents here only need to scan the code with their mobile phones or enter their mobile phone numbers, and the light bar on the express delivery will light up with different colors and emit a "beep, beep" beep. Following the light and sound, the recipient can quickly find their express delivery. After the delivery is completed, everyone immediately removes the light bar clip and puts it in a basket on the side for recycling.
The smart light strip is clipped onto the express.
"My eyesight is not very good. Before, the numbers on the receipt were very small and I often couldn't see them clearly. With this light bar, I can find them when it is on, and there is a reminder sound, which makes it much more convenient." Aunt Chen, who lives nearby, told reporters that it used to take five or six minutes to pick up multiple parcels at a time, but with the light bar, it can all be done in one minute.
Zhang Qiuju, the station manager, told reporters that this light bar is also called the smart sound and light tag for finding items, which is a new technology for entering and exiting the warehouse adopted by Cainiao Station. "Each light bar has seven colors, including red, blue, yellow and green. Residents scan the code to pick up their parcels, and multiple couriers of the same recipient will show the same color, which can meet the needs of more than 20 people to pick up their parcels at the same time." Zhang Qiuju said that the station has to pick up one or two thousand parcels every day. With this "magic weapon", small parcels can be arranged more closely, saving more space, and the original row of shelves in the middle of the station has also been removed.
At the Xiamen Xianglu Huacheng Phase III Cainiao Station, stationmaster Yang Haicheng is sorting out the parcels. He first clips the light bars on the parcels one by one, then scans the QR code information to complete the storage. He told reporters that the use of light bars has increased the efficiency of storage. "In the past, we used the mode of printing ticket paper for storage, which not only consumed paper, was prone to errors, but also was relatively slow. Now with the light bars, it is more convenient to operate and more environmentally friendly."
What is the technological principle behind this "magic weapon"? Zhong Xinhui, the city manager of Cainiao Post Station in Xiamen, said that the light strips can be wirelessly connected to the station's router, and the number of light strips entering and leaving the warehouse will be displayed in real time on the station's computer screen. All light strips are included in inventory management, which is of great help to the management of stranded items at the post station and the operation of the post station.
"Even a novice can quickly get started with these light strips, which is more conducive to recruiting part-time staff for stations during busy periods and achieving stable operation of the stations." Zhong Xinhui said that currently, nearly 100 Cainiao Station stations in the Xiamen area use light strips, and this model will be further promoted to cover every administrative district and make it convenient for more citizens to pick up parcels.
Efficient sorting
"Little Yellow Car" robot + three-dimensional automatic sorting makes sorting more efficient
In the sorting process, new technological "magic tools" are also used to help.
Yesterday afternoon, the reporter came to Xiamen SF Express Haicang transfer station and saw a number of "little yellow car" robots "running" back and forth on the operating table. From the appearance, they look like sweeping robots, with pallets on their heads to load express parcels, and it only takes a dozen seconds to complete a delivery.
SF Express’s “Little Yellow Car” robot, which looks like a sweeping robot, automatically sorts express deliveries and completes a delivery in just a dozen seconds.
It is understood that currently, Xiamen SF Express has put into use more than 100 "Little Yellow Cars", which are mainly responsible for sorting small express and small special-shaped parcels. The reporter saw at the scene that the staff only need to stand at the entrance of the operation table and put the express parcels after scanning the code on the "Little Yellow Car" tray, and it can automatically deliver the express parcel to the corresponding location according to the instructions issued by the system. Roughly estimated, with the help of the "Little Yellow Car", the number of sorting per day at the transfer station has more than doubled.
At Deppon Express's Xiamen site, express delivery is sorted by a three-dimensional automated sorting system. "The entire system is divided into three layers. The top layer is the robot sorting scene, the middle layer is where express parcels are sorted and packed, and the bottom layer is the automated transfer space." The relevant person in charge of Xiamen Deppon Express said that no matter small or large items, they can be sorted efficiently. After the system was put into use, the average unloading time was reduced by more than 30%, and the sorting violation rate was reduced by more than 40%. When the system is fastest, it can sort more than 25,000 pieces per hour, and the peak of sorting goods per day can reach more than 500,000 pieces.
Gentle loading and unloading
Cage trucks make loading and unloading easy and fast. AI "eagle eyes" prevent violence sorting
At the terminal outlets, the loading and unloading of express delivery is also supported by new "artifacts". Yesterday afternoon, at the SF Express Chengda outlet in Xiamen, the reporter saw that after a courier truck arrived at the outlet, the staff pushed down a nearly two-meter-high orange cage truck from the truck, which was filled with the express delivery to be unloaded.
SF Express outlets use cage trucks for loading and unloading, which can be easily completed by two people.
"In the past, every time a courier arrived at an outlet to unload, more than a dozen people worked together. It took 15 minutes to unload a courier, and everyone was sweating profusely." Lan Jiebin, a person in charge of Xiamen SF Express, told reporters that since the cage trucks were put into use, two people can easily complete the same amount of deliveries in two or three minutes. Currently, 80% of Xiamen SF Express outlets have used this cage truck.
In addition to being easier, it is also more "gentle", which is also due to the blessing of technology - the "AI Intelligent Anti-Violence Sorting System" put into use by Deppon Express is a typical example. "Compared with the original manual sorting method, the 'AI Intelligent Anti-Violence Sorting System' has increased work efficiency by more than 3 times. In addition, the system can also monitor the work process, standardize the sorting operation, ensure the quality of the entire operation process, and effectively improve the damage of the package." The person in charge said.
data
Xiamen's express delivery market is full of vitality
This year, Xiamen's express delivery market has been full of vitality. According to statistics, from January to June this year, Xiamen's postal industry delivered a total of 415.497 million pieces of mail, a year-on-year increase of 16.6%. Among them, the express delivery business volume totaled 386.408 million pieces, a year-on-year increase of 17.4%. The express delivery business revenue totaled 4.62 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16.0%.
The data also showed that in the first half of this year, Xiamen's same-city express delivery business volume totaled 38.865 million pieces, a year-on-year decrease of 2.1%; the inter-city express delivery business volume totaled 306.817 million pieces, a year-on-year increase of 19.7%; the international/Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan express delivery business volume totaled 40.726 million pieces, a year-on-year increase of 22.3%.
Specifically, the business volume of major express delivery companies has also been rising steadily. Among them, Xiamen SF Express's express delivery business volume in the first half of this year increased by about 9% year-on-year, and its business during the "618" e-commerce festival this year increased by about 15%. Xiamen YTO Express, Yunda Express and other related express delivery companies also stated that in the first half of this year, the growth rate of express delivery business was about 10%.
In terms of types, the items in Xiamen express parcels are diverse, covering daily necessities, gifts and specialties, electronic products and accessories and other fields.
Industry insiders said that with the development of the e-commerce industry, the increase in consumer demand, and the continuous improvement of infrastructure, the express delivery industry is expected to gain more market growth.
