The competitive situation of logistics drones is gradually heating up, which is undoubtedly the best solution for enterprises to achieve overtaking in corners. SF and JD.com will lead the logistics drone "war" at a glance, and the Tongda system is in a "wait and see" state.
With the advantages of logistics drones in express delivery, they have become a global trend. Not only Amazon and other international industry giants are actively investing in research and development, but domestic SF, JD and other companies have also strengthened their competition. In the face of the vast rural market, drones are undoubtedly the best "logistics pioneer" for these companies to achieve cornering overtaking.
With the development of the drone industry and the gradual advancement of logistics automation, the use of drones to deliver express delivery and solve the "last mile" problem has become the choice of many e-commerce and logistics enterprises. The representative of this is the logistics giant SF and Commercial giant Jingdong.
Although there is still a certain distance from the use of drones to send express delivery to large-scale commercial use, the incoming companies are accelerating the layout. Not long ago, SF Holdings and Shaanxi Liushi Nonferrous Resources Co., Ltd., Beijing Automotive Group Co., Ltd., and the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences signed a strategic cooperation in the field of drones at the Nefu Airport in Pucheng County, Shaanxi Province.
It is reported that its cooperation field is based on the research and development design, airworthiness, forensics, manufacturing, sales and operation of the logistics UAV system based on the AT200 logistics drone. This means that the logistics era of relying solely on human and financial resources is about to pass, and SF will use the Internet and artificial intelligence technology to redefine logistics.
In fact, as a large domestic courier service provider, SF has always been the promoter of China's smart logistics and smart aviation. In the field of UAV logistics, the R&D and business operation application system of logistics-specific UAVs has been initially established. It has the only demonstration operation area for logistics UAVs approved by the military in China, and has truly reached the front line of the domestic UAV logistics industry.
In February of this year, Jingdong Group and Shaanxi Provincial Government signed a strategic cooperation agreement on smart logistics. The two parties will jointly build the “world's first low-altitude drone logistics networkâ€; on May 22, Jingdong Group signed a cooperation agreement with Xi'an Aerospace Base, Jingdong The Global Logistics Headquarters, the Unmanned Systems Industry Headquarters, and the “Three Headquarters†of Jingdong Yunshan Shaanxi Big Data Operation Headquarters officially settled in Xi'an.
Jingdong mainly adopts independent research and development in the field of drones. At present, its drone project has landed in Shaanxi and has carried out several test flights. As of the end of August this year, the accumulated flight has exceeded 14,000 kilometers. Xiao Jun, vice president of Jingdong Group and president of X Division, has revealed that Jingdong has already started to produce medium and large unmanned aerial vehicles with a load of hundreds of kilograms to several tons and a radius of more than 500 kilometers.
Mastery is in a "wait and see" state as a wholeIn addition to SF Express and Jingdong, and Suning is keen on the development of logistics drones, Tongda has only launched UAV products, and Yuantong has set up a laboratory to research drones. Other major express companies still seem to remain Being on the sidelines, including Alibaba's rookie network, did not move further.
Analysis of the deep-seated reasons may be mainly due to differences in the strategies of the parties. For Jingdong, SF, and Suning, the target of delivery within 24 hours has been basically achieved in the eastern region, especially in the southeast coastal cities. This is mainly due to their early strategic layout, which is mainly oriented to densely populated large cities. Small and medium-sized cities are expanding.
However, companies such as Jingdong and SF are limited by the self-operated model of heavy assets. The layout of outlets is slow. Many outlets only extend to the county, but there are few permanent outlets in many townships. Relatively speaking, Zhongtong, Yuantong, Yunda and other express delivery companies have adopted the “joining system†model, and the expansion in rural areas is relatively fast, and the township coverage rate is much higher than that of SF Express and Jingdong.
For the rookie network, first of all, it is only a fourth-party logistics enterprise. It does not directly participate in the express delivery process. There is no burden of labor costs. It only needs to control the third-party logistics providers through data advantages. Secondly, Alibaba’s “Village Amoy†"The strategy is accelerating, and the circulation of goods between urban and rural areas is gradually being mastered."
Therefore, if SF, Jingdong and other enterprises want to quickly build a courier network in rural areas and achieve overtaking, the drone becomes a worthwhile choice. The use of logistics drones can not only make up for the shortage of outlets, but also further improve distribution efficiency, improve the express delivery service network, and strengthen the overall competitiveness of future smart logistics development as a whole.
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