Analysis of the development trend of warehousing management Abstract: What is the development trend of warehousing management? In the real world, warehousing still connects suppliers and customers. And in the process of realizing the coordinated operation of supply chain, market forces promote the continuous improvement of warehouses, so warehouses still play an important role. We must pay attention to the development trend of warehouse management under the new situation. In recent years, due to the emergence of JIT, rapid response, ECR and other business ideas, as well as the practice of direct dial, uninterrupted supply and other business models, some people have made a hasty prediction that the warehousing industry will die. Some articles also make some unsuspecting people begin to fantasize about a world without warehouses, wholesalers and distribution centers. However, in the real world, warehousing still connects suppliers and customers. And in the process of realizing the coordinated operation of supply chain, market forces promote the continuous improvement of warehouses, so warehouses still play an important role. At the same time, however, we must pay attention to several development trends that affect the success of enterprises under the new situation: successful enterprises with customers as the center are willing to keep communication with customers and listen to their opinions, because they know that warehouse operations must meet the needs of customers and realize the value-added of products by storing or sending the right products at the right time and in the right way. On the other hand, successful enterprises will develop real partnerships with suppliers and customers, thus benefiting from information, mutually agreed plans and win-win agreements. Efficient and responsive warehousing is the key to achieve this goal. In the future, the number of storage centers will decrease, but the number of goods in each center will increase. Therefore, on the one hand, the future distribution center will be bigger, on the other hand, there will be more orders to be processed daily. This means the acceleration of delivery frequency and the increase of receiving, placing orders, picking and delivery operations. This trend will put forward higher requirements for the material handling system and have a great impact on forklifts and conveyor belts. Automation of warehouse operations In order to adapt to the rapid expansion of warehouse operations, the warehouse industry needs to greatly improve the degree of automation. For example, we need to use more conveyor belts to transport small items over long distances, and set up an appropriate number of repackaging stations and loading and unloading platforms. In addition, if we use more automatic sorting equipment, we can improve our overall working ability without building additional places. Therefore, automated equipment will continue to replace labor in operations with little or no added value, such as cargo loading and unloading. Nowadays, orders tend to be smaller in batch and more frequent. The reasons for this trend include: easier access to information, technological progress, the implementation of VMI plan, and the cancellation of wholesale warehouses in some places, especially quot directly facing shops quot; The implementation of (direct to the store) and quot direct to customers quot (direct to customers) plans has made the days of mass shipment gone forever. In the future, serving orders of any size will not only mean challenges but also opportunities for enterprises. Uninterrupted supply requires products to run synchronously and smoothly in the supply chain system to avoid huge inventory. In the past, the warehouse center could only deliver goods once a month or even once a quarter, but now it is once a week or even twice a week. Therefore, the flow of information also needs to be accelerated to maintain harmony with logistics. Online or instant information system will replace the original backward system. In the information age, there will be great changes and improvements in data processing in the warehousing industry. Direct dial refers to the direct transfer of goods from one means of transport to another without passing through intermediate warehouses or stations in the logistics link. Before the goods are stored in the warehouse, distributors often meet the orders with delayed delivery by direct dialing. In the future, each warehouse will need to handle more orders, which will make most distribution centers hope to improve efficiency by using direct dial. This requires close cooperation and instant information exchange among participants. The operation of the electronic warehouse administrator will take the operation of goods in and out of the warehouse (including receipt, delivery, sorting and delivery) as the most critical part of the work. However, they encounter great difficulties in carrying out these tasks, and it is difficult to obtain accurate information in time. The implementation of paperless warehousing can change this situation. In principle, paperless warehouse means the electronic operation of all logistics movements, thus reducing or even eliminating traditional mistakes that may occur in product identification, position confirmation, data input and accurate sorting. At the same time, the electronic control system can also avoid the delay of data input, update the inventory immediately and find the needed goods at any time. Third-party warehousing In recent years, some companies have realized the importance of cultivating and consolidating their core competitiveness, so they are unwilling to set up special storage places for inventories, but outsource this part of their business, which has promoted the development of third-party warehousing to some extent. In the future, more and more small and medium-sized enterprises will use third-party warehousing to reduce capital investment and improve service level. In the long run, third-party warehousing will become the main body of the market because of its many advantages. But there are still some products and enterprises that are not suitable for third-party warehousing. The automation and electronization of human resource warehouse operation will require workers to constantly improve their skills, especially computer skills. In order to improve the quality and education level of employees, the company must hire and retain the best employees, and train them to master basic mechanical operation and be familiar with all warehousing business. However, the success of warehouse management ultimately depends on the quality of its leaders. What we need is an inspiring leader who can find the direction of enterprise development and know how to do it. In recent years, due to the change of supply and demand in the logistics market, China's warehousing industry is developing in the direction of warehousing socialization, warehousing industrialization, warehousing standardization and warehousing modernization. Logistics enterprises with advanced management concepts begin to attach importance to the management of the whole supply chain, actively develop long-term cooperative relations with customers, and participate in the supply chain management of customers by providing various value-added services, thus reducing customer costs and improving competitiveness. In 2007, with the overall development of the logistics industry, the warehousing industry will be further promoted. It is expected that the demand for third-party warehousing will increase, warehousing modernization will be further accelerated, enterprises will pay more attention to building core competitiveness, and logistics parks will also enter a benign development stage with the support and guidance of the government. 1. Value-added services based on warehousing platform are developing rapidly. From the perspective of supply chain management, more and more enterprises are actively developing various value-added services based on warehousing and innovating business models suitable for their own enterprises. This will surely make the warehousing industry develop rapidly. 2. The demand for third-party warehousing has increased. In 2007, more and more small and medium-sized enterprises adopted third-party warehousing to reduce capital investment and improve service level. In the long run, third-party warehousing will become the main body of the market because of its many advantages. 3. The modernization of warehouse management has been accelerated. Many warehousing enterprises have gradually accelerated the pace of modernization. Including two aspects: first, increase the hardware investment in the warehouse. This includes the construction and transformation of warehouses, the purchase of new shelves, pallets, digital automatic identification systems and new logistics equipment such as sorting, processing and packaging, which greatly improves the existing warehouse automation level and logistics operation efficiency and increases logistics service functions. The second is to increase the software investment in warehouses and strengthen the construction of logistics information. Realize the functions of warehouse management, commodity sales, billing and settlement, distribution and transportation, information inquiry, customer management, goods tracking and inquiry, and provide customers with more convenient, reliable and fast logistics services. 4. The development of logistics park is more reasonable and standardized. The overall guidance of the state on the development of logistics parks will be strengthened, and the National Logistics Development Plan issued in 2007 will have a favorable impact on the overall healthy development of logistics parks. To sum up, facing the challenges under the new situation, warehouses need to improve their capabilities in many aspects: First, strengthen the customer-oriented business philosophy and develop new partnerships with customers. After establishing a new cooperative relationship with customers, the intimacy between warehouses and customers is strengthened, which enables warehouses to better understand all aspects of customers and provide personalized services, thus maximizing the value chain. Second, increase the hardware input of the warehouse to realize the mechanization and automation of the warehouse operation. However, we must be clear that it is economical to implement mechanization only if the warehouse business volume reaches a certain scale. If automation is to be implemented, the requirements for business volume are even higher. Therefore, we need to choose the appropriate level of mechanization and automation according to the current and expected business volume, and adjust it in time with the business development. Third, increase software investment in warehouses and strengthen logistics information management. Using information technology such as radio frequency and bar code can greatly improve the efficiency and accuracy of warehouse operation. At the same time, in order to realize the alliance with other enterprises, the warehouse must adopt electronic data exchange system and management information system, and establish dynamic interconnected information system and standardized information system. Strengthening the information management of logistics has become the only choice for modern warehouses. Fourth, strengthen the cultivation of professional talents. There is no doubt that the competition among enterprises today ultimately boils down to the competition for talents. Because warehouse management is a highly operational industry, only when you are familiar with the actual on-site operation can you design and manage the whole process and realize the integration and specialization of services. Therefore, it is the most important thing to cultivate and absorb compound managers who integrate technology, machinery and management.