Logistics Logistics is the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, cost effective flow and storage of raw materials, in-process inventory, finished goods and related information from point of origin to point of consumption for the purpose of meeting customer requirements.
Convenience Logistics
Convenience logistics is in response to the specific requirements of next generation e-commerce; it covers the entire spectrum of commodity goods including sensitive and cold-chain products. Demand is constantly growing, especially for home delivery of fresh and frozen food through standard networks. This requires the development and implementation of special processes and packaging (from -18°C to room temperature).
For most customers, a major driver to buy goods online is not just price advantage but convenience. Online shopping saves costs, time, and physical effort, and provides 24-hour product information this well-established customer habit will increasingly extend into areas of consumer and sensitive goods.
Low-cost Sensor Technology
With the cost of initial investment dropping, the next few years are likely to see new creative uses of established consumer sensor technologies (e.g., Kinect, 3-D-Scanning) for logistics purposes, giving new opportunities to logistics providers. This is particularly true in the area of logistics security (e.g., public supply and international trade); low-cost sensors can provide new ways to cope with challenges such as attacks, accidents, natural disasters, and criminal activity. Combined with further technologies such as RFID, they offer great potential for process optimization and operational cost reduction. Description Sensor technology is about measuring or detecting conditions such as motions, humidity, heat, light, acceleration, pressure, position, and proximity. Sensor technology is being used in almost all industries; however, the greatest focus is on sensors within smart devices and gaming consoles. • High-tech sensors become commodity: The consumer electronics market is rapidly growing, causing sensor technology prices to drop (e.g., smart phones with a market share of 60.1% in 2012, rising to 66.7% in 2016 • Industrial benefits of technology transfer: Transferring consumer low-cost sensor technology to industrial purposes may replace currently used sensor technology at a much lower price level; due to an excellent cost-benefit ratio, low-cost sensor technology is being used on a broader scale, and this is affecting affect global supply chains• Application areas: Low-cost sensors offer a broad range of opportunities for logistics processes (e.g., enabling package volume recognition and shipping space surveillance); low-cost sensor technologies support smart packaging by integrating sensing capabilities into, for example, pharmaceutical and healthcare logistics, and contributing to grey power logistics and other specific logistics requirements.
Why we selected DHL DHL IMPORT ECONOMY SELECT is available between countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas, with no need for local brokers or forwarders to be involved. It is easy to start the import process and transactions can be done in local currency. DHL offers solutions for shipments from 10kg to 1000 kg.
Just in time delivery
The replenishment of supplies in smaller quantities more frequently within shorter lead times has tended to depress vehicle load factors . companies have often been prepared to accept lower vehicle utilization and higher transport cost in return for large reduction in inventory and other productivity benefits resulting from JI. There is , nevertheless, disagreement in the literature over the extent to which JIT has impaired transport efficiency.
Logistics and supply chain management
Logistics management is essentially an integrative process that seeks to optimize the flows of materials and supplies though the organization and its operations to the customer. It is essentially a planning process and information –based activity. Requirements from the marketplace are translated into production requirements and then into materials requirement through this planning process. It is now being recognized that the benefits of logistics concept to be realized, there is a need to extend the logic of logistics upstream to suppliers and downstream to final customers. This is the concept of supply chain management.
Difference between DHL and another company
UPS offers relatively fast but somewhat expensive shipping. It is often cheaper than FedEx and sometimes less costly than DHL, especially on heavy packages. It is generally faster than UPS, but slower than FedEx or DHL. An advantage of UPS is that insurance for valuables worth up to $100 is included free of additional charge.
FedEx is generally more expensive than UPS or DHL, but is usually very quick and provides the most detailed online tracking system. Like Priority Mail, FedEx offers boxes free of charge. Ground, express, and Freight shipping services are available, as well as extra fast same-day and overnight options.
DHL is often less expensive than UPS or FedEx and offers fast delivery to some locations. Shipping can be very fast or relatively slow depending upon the part of the country an item is shipping from and where it is being sent. DHL provides online tracking at no additional cost, and the tracking system shows more detailed information than some of the other shipping services, although perhaps not as much as FedEx does. DHL offers free boxes and other shipping supplies, but only for their Air Express service (not DHL Ground). A aspect that sets DHL apart is that it provides modern technology in transporting particular goods such as plants.
Required documents for the logistics
Convenience Logistics
Convenience logistics is in response to the specific requirements of next generation e-commerce; it covers the entire spectrum of commodity goods including sensitive and cold-chain products. Demand is constantly growing, especially for home delivery of fresh and frozen food through standard networks. This requires the development and implementation of special processes and packaging (from -18°C to room temperature).
For most customers, a major driver to buy goods online is not just price advantage but convenience. Online shopping saves costs, time, and physical effort, and provides 24-hour product information this well-established customer habit will increasingly extend into areas of consumer and sensitive goods.
Low-cost Sensor Technology
With the cost of initial investment dropping, the next few years are likely to see new creative uses of established consumer sensor technologies (e.g., Kinect, 3-D-Scanning) for logistics purposes, giving new opportunities to logistics providers. This is particularly true in the area of logistics security (e.g., public supply and international trade); low-cost sensors can provide new ways to cope with challenges such as attacks, accidents, natural disasters, and criminal activity. Combined with further technologies such as RFID, they offer great potential for process optimization and operational cost reduction. Description Sensor technology is about measuring or detecting conditions such as motions, humidity, heat, light, acceleration, pressure, position, and proximity. Sensor technology is being used in almost all industries; however, the greatest focus is on sensors within smart devices and gaming consoles. • High-tech sensors become commodity: The consumer electronics market is rapidly growing, causing sensor technology prices to drop (e.g., smart phones with a market share of 60.1% in 2012, rising to 66.7% in 2016 • Industrial benefits of technology transfer: Transferring consumer low-cost sensor technology to industrial purposes may replace currently used sensor technology at a much lower price level; due to an excellent cost-benefit ratio, low-cost sensor technology is being used on a broader scale, and this is affecting affect global supply chains• Application areas: Low-cost sensors offer a broad range of opportunities for logistics processes (e.g., enabling package volume recognition and shipping space surveillance); low-cost sensor technologies support smart packaging by integrating sensing capabilities into, for example, pharmaceutical and healthcare logistics, and contributing to grey power logistics and other specific logistics requirements.
Why we selected DHL DHL IMPORT ECONOMY SELECT is available between countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas, with no need for local brokers or forwarders to be involved. It is easy to start the import process and transactions can be done in local currency. DHL offers solutions for shipments from 10kg to 1000 kg.
Just in time delivery
The replenishment of supplies in smaller quantities more frequently within shorter lead times has tended to depress vehicle load factors . companies have often been prepared to accept lower vehicle utilization and higher transport cost in return for large reduction in inventory and other productivity benefits resulting from JI. There is , nevertheless, disagreement in the literature over the extent to which JIT has impaired transport efficiency.
Logistics and supply chain management
Logistics management is essentially an integrative process that seeks to optimize the flows of materials and supplies though the organization and its operations to the customer. It is essentially a planning process and information –based activity. Requirements from the marketplace are translated into production requirements and then into materials requirement through this planning process. It is now being recognized that the benefits of logistics concept to be realized, there is a need to extend the logic of logistics upstream to suppliers and downstream to final customers. This is the concept of supply chain management.
Difference between DHL and another company
UPS offers relatively fast but somewhat expensive shipping. It is often cheaper than FedEx and sometimes less costly than DHL, especially on heavy packages. It is generally faster than UPS, but slower than FedEx or DHL. An advantage of UPS is that insurance for valuables worth up to $100 is included free of additional charge.
FedEx is generally more expensive than UPS or DHL, but is usually very quick and provides the most detailed online tracking system. Like Priority Mail, FedEx offers boxes free of charge. Ground, express, and Freight shipping services are available, as well as extra fast same-day and overnight options.
DHL is often less expensive than UPS or FedEx and offers fast delivery to some locations. Shipping can be very fast or relatively slow depending upon the part of the country an item is shipping from and where it is being sent. DHL provides online tracking at no additional cost, and the tracking system shows more detailed information than some of the other shipping services, although perhaps not as much as FedEx does. DHL offers free boxes and other shipping supplies, but only for their Air Express service (not DHL Ground). A aspect that sets DHL apart is that it provides modern technology in transporting particular goods such as plants.
Required documents for the logistics
- Inspection Certification is required by some purchasers and countries in order to attest to the specifications of the goods shipped. This is usually performed by a third party and often obtained from independent testing organizations.
- Dock Receipt and Warehouse Receipt are used to transfer accountability when the export item is moved by the domestic carrier to the port of embarkation or warehouse and left with the ship line or forwarding agent for export. All Dock Receipts and Warehouse Receipts are issue by “Ocean Air Logistics eTraffic” System and automatically sent to the client, shipper and/or consignee.
- Destination Control Statement appears on the commercial invoice, and ocean or air waybill of lading to notify the carrier and all foreign parties that the item can be exported only to certain destinations.
- A Shipper's Export Declaration
- Shipper's Letter of Instructions is the shipping instructions to the forwarder or carrier from the shipper or exporter..
- An Export License is a government document that authorizes the export of specific goods in specific quantities to a particular destination. This document may be required for most or all exports to some countries or for other countries only under special circumstances.
- A Packing List
- A Cargo Insurance Certificate is used to assure the consignee that insurance will cover the loss of or damage to the cargo during transit. Contact our Transportation Specialist for insurance coverage, limitations and premiums.