Earlier this month, domestic oil prices rise again, Yiwu some of the logistics business of the company are also affected. In fact, Yiwu has been pondering a number of logistics companies, logistics industry faces long-term potential problem lies in the risk of higher oil prices. Yiwu small and medium sized logistics companies to start considering some of the high oil price way out.

Freight companies pushed to the "death line"

"Freight costs are one of the three major logistics companies, higher oil prices on the different types of logistics enterprises will have an impact." Yiwu Jiangdong freight station director Wang Lingfei that small and medium sized logistics enterprises in Yiwu widespread problem of the value chain is too short, especially express delivery market swarm of small companies, the "logistics" as a simple "cargo", relying on the transport profits, the impact of rising oil prices on its high.

Yiwu, a trade of such companies to operate in such a description: a room a telephone two cars, so a single is a single, "others offer 300 yuan to 280 yuan to fight here." In the long throat price competition, Yiwu logistics company profits already low tariffs.

According to Yiwu - Guiyang business owners, Yang said, due to rising costs, poor logistics and other reasons, many small freight companies Yiwu pushed to the "death line." Take his logistics companies, as oil prices rise, transportation costs Yiwu to Guizhou this year was 1,600 yuan last year, raising trip.

With the freight station in Jiangdong logistics business owner, said Zhang, the relative maturity of their operations, the impact of fuel prices on their relatively large, and now they are more particular about the service. "Fait accompli in the case of oil prices, the initial increase in such costs can only be a temporary bulging, the only way is to enhance the quality of service logistics company, to serve to attract more customers, improve economies of scale, reduce transportation costs. "

Logistics industry in an awkward position: price premature death, not cut prices to die

"Price cuts premature death, not cut prices to die." Yiwu An industry source told reporters that a number of logistics companies Yiwu is really very embarrassing situation.

Operating Yiwu - Zaozhuang the floor boss told his company's current shipping prices have not changed 5 years, the market prices are improving, that is, the logistics of shipping the same price. 2 times to raise prices this year, there have been some feeling of being overwhelmed. Now Yiwu - Zaozhuang increased transport costs 400 yuan per trip, if a day trip, an increase of 15 million a year cost.

As for the logistics company to price increases, building owner, said this unthinkable, your company prices, all of our customers do not come here to check you, you die who die, if we do not price increases, we are at a loss , that is, with everyone waiting to die.

Although the building owner's claim has some truth, but there are some different views. Some of the stronger private transport enterprises gradually began to optimize transport routes and increase the additional services better, to find more earnings point the direction to the evolution of integrated logistics enterprise.

High oil prices, the challenges and opportunities coexist

A logistics company executives emphasized that the logistics industry of Yiwu do not, through all of the price rise in oil prices reversed the gains are still affordable, because there are some logistics enterprises in Yiwu profits.

"In my view, the logistics industry will Yiwu 2 by fuel price hikes this year to better sort out their own way to take the goods. We can take the goods to expand the channels of integration." Wang Lingfei that way, Yiwu more emphasis on the logistics industry, network coverage and scale.

An industry source believes that the logistics enterprise resource integration Yiwu very demanding urgent need to resource integration, information technology, platform design and other aspects, the goods match the increasing efficiency of cars and reduce empty return and logistics transaction costs, thus to maximize the cost savings, value-added profits.

At present, Yiwu integrated logistics enterprise value of the key success in its operation. In the high oil price environment, Yiwu logistics enterprise resource integration is particularly important. If full use of a large number of social vehicle transport network, integrating a reliable guarantee of resources; order for the security of transactions, Yiwu logistics functional integrity of regulatory authorities has developed a vehicle inspection system, not only to solve the logistics problem of inadequate owned vehicles, More importantly, the vehicle through the use of social resources to reduce transport costs and improve the transportation in a timely manner, so that the goods match the higher speed cars.