Overseas warehousing service refers to the one-stop control and management service of goods warehousing, sorting, packaging and distribution carried out by the seller at the sales destination。To be precise, overseas warehousing should include three parts: transportation, warehousing management and local distribution。
First leg transport:
Chinese companies ship goods to overseas warehouses by sea, air, land or combined transport。
Warehouse Management:
Through the logistics information system, Chinese enterprises can remotely manage overseas storage goods and manage inventory in real time。
Local delivery:
Overseas warehouse center according to the order information, through the local post or Courier delivery to the customer。
The above model basically covers the logistics model and characteristics of the current cross-border e-commerce。
Advantages of overseas storage mode:
(1) Greatly improve the customer'sInternational logisticsService experience。
The overseas storage mode delivers goods to the target area in advance。After the merchant receives the order, the goods are shipped directly from the warehouse nearest to the customer, which greatly shortens the customer's international logistics waiting time and allows customers to enjoy fast cross-border logistics services。On the other hand, the overseas warehousing mode actually converts cross-border logistics into local logistics by preparing goods in advance, which can greatly reduce the delivery time of goods。
The international logistics model is less restrictive than international express services such as postal packaging in terms of the volume and weight of goods transported, and can provide cross-border sellers with more diversified product categories。In terms of cost, overseas warehousing mode requires customers to bear lower logistics costs than international express mode。Therefore, the overseas warehousing model allows customers to obtain more convenient logistics services with more product categories at a lower cost, thus greatly improving the cross-border logistics service experience of customers。
(2) Improve the level of cross-border e-commerce services。
The international logistics model first transports a large number of goods to the target market through the traditional international trade customs clearance process。This centralized bulk cross-border transportation not only simplifies the customs clearance procedures for exporters, but also facilitates customs supervision in the target market countries。Delivering goods to the target market in advance is conducive to improving the real-time logistics response ability of cross-border e-commerce enterprises to orders;At the same time, localized transportation can check the logistics status of goods in real time on the online platform, which greatly improves the control of transportation risks for enterprises。
From the perspective of the overall process, the overseas warehousing mode changes the seller from passively waiting for the distribution of logistics companies to independent remote control of the whole process of goods distribution, enhances the seller's control of cross-border international logistics services, and helps cross-border e-commerce enterprises to improve the overall service level。