At present, the "last kilometer" distribution problem has attracted the attention of well-known e-commerce enterprises. Earlier Tencent to 1.5 billion Hong Kong dollars to buy 9.9% of the shares of South China Town, is considered to be the "last kilometer" of the layout. Liu Qiangdong, founder and CEO of Jingdong, has said that Jingdong wants to be an O2O platform connecting consumers, merchants and delivery staff. The main force of the distribution staff will not be the company's personnel, may be square dance aunts! The company's O2O project "Jingdong to home" is the main "all soldiers", its recruitment page shows that the recruitment of logistics and distribution staff standard is a smartphone + 18 years old can - - men and women are not limited. -Men and women are not limited. After training on the job, grab a single delivery completion can get 6 yuan per single reward. According to the person in charge of Amazon, Amazon's logistics costs this year than last year's growth of nearly 1/3, the increased costs are mainly used for the "last kilometer" delivery line.
Data show that in the United States, such as UPS and other large courier companies to send a parcel average cost of $ 8, Amazon U.S. sent an average of 3.5 million packages a day, such a huge logistics costs, so that it is very much focused on the "last kilometer" to build the team.
"The last kilometer" will become a fertile ground for entrepreneurs
Guangzhou's local incubator, "Hatchlings", told reporters that many entrepreneurial teams have recently taken the "last kilometer" delivery as a business project. kilometer" delivery as a business project, "Guangwai students in the formation of a business team has gained the attention of venture capital. Some industry insiders believe that the "last kilometer" is the task of the "courier into the campus is difficult", "community delivery of empty" and other cumbersome problems to solve, and part-time people than the regular courier Higher efficiency, and more to help companies save costs.
"The last kilometer" delivery has a broad prospect, but entrepreneurs need to solve the problem of foreign countries have not been completely solved: Federal Logistics has done statistics, terminal distribution costs accounted for more than 30% of the total cost of logistics. Domestic can now do is to try to optimize the various aspects of logistics under the limited conditions, as to how to preferential, how to mobilize the enthusiasm of the idle resources of society, so far there is no good example.