Rebirth in a Perfect Era

Since Taobao and Taobao Logistics developed rapidly in the brand day and SARS, Li Mu has not found a suitable opportunity to promote the hard power behind Taobao and Taobao Logistics.

Of course, traditional self-blowing is okay, but after all, the effect is not so good and not so deep. The best way is to pretend to be invisible.

The highest state of invisible pretending is not that I say I am awesome, but that I show the niubi side and let others say that I am awesome.

Therefore, Li Mu deliberately took William to visit, in fact, he intended to show him the development situation of Taobao and Taobao logistics through him.

Especially in the western world, they know Makino Technology very well, but they have only heard of Taobao and Taobao Logistics, and know that this company is also Li Mu, but they have no concept of how this company is doing.

Li Mu also wanted to show his Taobao and Taobao logistics to the Western world through William ’s perspective. The height and scale reached at the current stage, so that the western people have an understanding of Taobao and Taobao logistics.

Taobao and Taobao Logistics are very different from Makino ’s business. Makino ’s business is a complete online business, so you can expand your business to any corner of the world along the network cable, but Taobao and Taobao Logistics also Nope.

E-commerce is almost all a combination of online and offline industries, expanding to overseas markets, the online part is easy, but the offline part is very difficult, logistics is even more difficult, and after so many years of development, it has not really been too overseas. Great Hall of Fame.

Even at this stage, Makino's technology is developing so fast, Li Mu has no plans to let Taobao and Taobao Logistics go overseas.

However, not being prepared to go to sea for the time being is not to be unprepared for overseas development.

Li Mu is still very aware of the rapid rise of Amazon in the next ten years. Once Taobao and Taobao Logistics have accumulated enough power in the country, they will inevitably throw in huge amounts of money to bundle the two products together.

It's not yet time to anchor and sail to the sea, but it is still necessary to prepare the propaganda in advance, not to mention, it will be more effective to advertise the western world through William than other methods.

After the news of William ’s visit to Taobao Logistics was released, Li Mu ’s plan received excellent feedback. The majority of Western people ’s impressions of Huaxia are still in a prejudiced thinking that is not backward and open. This is an example of overtaking on the Internet, but it does not mean that the private enterprises in this country have entered a stage of rapid development.

However, Taobao Logistics' entire information process from warehousing to sorting to transportation is silly to the people in western countries.

Li Mu can confidently say that no matter how small the logistics of any country in the world is, it is far less advanced than Taobao Logistics!

The reason is very simple. E-commerce is far from being developed so fast and mature in any country in China. Therefore, the logistics of small pieces have not ushered in the peak demand in any other country. In this case, getting involved in small pieces Logistics companies have no incentive to innovate.

However, Taobao is different. Li Mu faces a huge market of 1.3 billion people, and has a large set of guiding ideologies matured more than ten years later. He also has sufficient financial and technical strength to support the rapid expansion of 2C e-commerce. Strong.

And 2C, that is, the e-commerce for ordinary consumers, the vast majority of orders are in small pieces of logistics, so Li Mu naturally has enough motivation to quickly promote the strength of Taobao Logistics in small pieces of logistics.

Because of this, Taobao Logistics has demonstrated the innovative side of Huaxia private enterprises to the entire world.

It can be a fully informatized and automated physical enterprise in the early 21st century, especially in the traditional physical industry. It can not find much in the world. It is a Chinese logistics company that is deliberate and racked its minds to do informationization and automation. This kind of almost sci-fi operation process is enough to shock people all over the world.

For a time, the entire western media was almost as agreed and praised Taobao Logistics. Many media even thought that Taobao Logistics was a model for the development of global private enterprises. Its consciousness was ahead of the times and it was almost an era ahead of traditional industries.

Even the German media in their own report said sourly: "Li Mu took away our automatic sorting system, took away our heavy truck, and then worked like magic to create a set of such grand and advanced Logistics system, they even installed chips, radio frequency system and GPS positioning system in every German truck, we are thinking how to make the truck run longer and faster, but Li Mu has connected our truck The Internet, making them part of the Internet system ... "

The sourness of the Japanese media is the heaviest. They said, "Our GDP is above China, but we have not seen an Internet company comparable to Makino in China. Oh no, there doesn't seem to be an Internet company in China. As for small logistics, , I feel that Taobao Logistics's daily package volume is close to that of Japan throughout the year ... "

Proud British media said: "Thank Prince William for helping us to open our horizons and shatter our usual self-confidence and arrogance. Taobao Logistics is a sci-fi operation process that is sufficient for every British company to study carefully for a period of time. We need Reflecting on why we have never tried our best to make a system work better like Taobao Logistics. "

The American media, which has always been a pioneer of technology, also expressed the same view: "It is just ordinary small logistics. In the eyes of Americans, it is to post a postcard from one city to another. It does not need to be fast, as long as You can arrive before Christmas or New Year. Even if the postcard is only sent in October, Li Mu, who is far from China, is trying to shorten the logistics time between most cities in this country to less than 24 hours. It is also a postcard. In the United States, you have to prepare a month or two in advance, otherwise you will miss the festival, but in Huaxia, as long as you remember the day before the festival, you can send the postcard to your friends on time Here, this is the gap in doing things, but in the final analysis, it is the gap in entrepreneurial thinking. "

In the face of praise from all over the world, Li Mu was particularly satisfied, but at the same time did not worry about leaking secrets.

Brother Liu and Mr. Lei are also a little worried whether Li Mu has disclosed too much, and even announced the algorithm, logic, and processing plan of the bottom of the box, will it potentially benefit future competitors.

Li Mu did not care at all. Instead, he said confidently to the two of them in the high-level meeting room of Taobao: "Small piece logistics is so maddeningly informatized and automated. Only we in the world can do it, and only we can do it. demand."

"If you look at UPS, you have a big business and a business all over the world. Where did their money go? Fleet, constantly expanding the fleet, hundreds of aircraft themselves, and hundreds of leases, such a heavy asset model Next, you can let them realize comprehensive automation and informatization in a short time in the global scope. Try to update all the logistics hubs in the world with automation equipment and all storage equipment. It won't take them long to bring them down! "

"The larger the scale, the harder it is to make a comprehensive innovation. The cost is too high. The CEO doesn't have the courage and the board doesn't. They can only upgrade a little bit, innovate a little bit, and take a long time to complete the entire system. Iterate. "

"Looking back at small and medium-sized logistics companies, they have been struggling to survive under the attack of large enterprises, and they do n’t have enough capital support. What do we use to imitate us? Besides, as for the logistics management system we use now, only large Internet R & D companies can It is possible to do it. Architecture design, software support, hardware design, software and hardware linkage debugging, combination optimization, leak detection and filling, so much work to sit down, the comprehensive research and development cost of a system must be more than 10 million US dollars. Maintenance costs are also prohibitively high. Who can afford it? "

Brother Liu froze, scratching his head and saying, "So many people really can't afford it ..."

Lord Lei also said with a smile: "Listening to President Li's analysis, I feel more at ease."

Li Mu laughed: "Not every logistics company has a Taobao website and Makino Technology. The future Makino Technology's hardware laboratory will continue to develop in the field of software and hardware development of smart devices. Our level of informatization can be further improved. In the next step, we will further increase the construction of domestic distribution centers, use more distribution centers to disperse the pressure of core hubs, and also use more advanced technology and equipment to improve our overall turnover efficiency. "

Brother Liu said: "The next step is to continue to invest in building storage and sorting centers to raise density, especially in the southeast."

Li Mu nodded and said, "Storage capacity and operating efficiency are one aspect, and capacity is another aspect. Our fleet must continue to expand. At the same time, we will continue to increase cooperation with civil aviation and strive to sign long-term strategies with several major airlines. The cooperation agreement won the vast majority of their belly warehouse resources. "

Then, Li Mu said, "Brother Liu, I heard that the country is preparing for the fifth railway speed-up. Do you know about this?"

Brother Liu said immediately: "I understand that this time the speed increase is different from the past and the movement is very large."

Li Mu asked him: "What are the specific performances?"

Brother Liu said, "I have a high school classmate who studies mechanical engineering. I worked as an engineer at Qishuyan Locomotive Works. I heard that I would talk to him specifically after speeding up. He told me a little bit about hardware."

Li Mu was intrigued and said, "Talk."

Brother Liu said, "Qishuyan Locomotive Works has developed a new set of dual-unit heavy-duty passenger locomotives. The model is DF11G. The biggest difference between this locomotive and other Dongfeng locomotives is that it runs fast. The designed maximum speed is 170 kilometers per hour, which is amazing. "

Leader Lei asked inquisitively: "I will interrupt Mr. Liu, what is the dual-unit reconnection?"

Brother Liu said: "It is two locomotives running together. The DF11G is a fixed two locomotives connected together, so the traction power will be greater, the acceleration is high, and it is suitable for fast running."

Li Mu asked him, "Brother Liu, what are the main uses of these new locomotives?"

Brother Liu said, "Of course it is passenger transportation. For railway transportation, freight is jogging at low speed and passenger is running at low speed. The locomotive with a speed of 170 kilometers per hour is designed for dry passenger transportation. I heard that the railway department is planning to use this locomotive to operate The direct special trains between the first and second tier cities nationwide, that is, the Z-head, generally speaking, the distance from Yanjing to Shanghai can be achieved. "

Li Mu asked: "What good news is there for us?"

Brother Liu said: "We do small-scale logistics, which is actually more like passenger transportation, and is most suitable for express trains. In the future, if direct trains from provincial capitals across the country to first-tier cities are opened, the speed will be much faster than our auto transport. , The load and cost are much lower than air freight. It is just in the middle of land and air freight, and the cost is very high. The simplest is that we can directly find the cooperation with the railway department. Each time we are special, we contract one or two freight cars. , And even, you can apply for the launch of a point-to-point express package train. "

Speaking of this, Brother Liu was a little excited and said, "General Manager Li, think of a container truck, a 40-foot cabinet, with a volume of more than 50 cubic meters. However, the construction speed of the XL25T under the railway department is according to Designed at 180 kilometers per hour, it fully matches the DF11G, and its effective volume of bicycles is more than 160 cubic meters. One wagon can be topped with 3 container trucks, and one train can be counted as 20 wagons. The top of this train is 60. A container truck! "

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Brother Liu continued: "You see, the design speed is 170 kilometers per hour, and the evening is coming, that is to say, from Yanjing tonight at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, we will basically arrive in Shanghai. At the same distance, the container truck must run. About 24 hours, what is the difference? If the railway department is willing to open a special train for us, one train per day, two trains from Shanghai and Yanjing, 12 hours, can be between the two cities Exchange 120 containers of goods! This efficiency is not much slower than an airplane! The key is that it has a large capacity and a higher cost performance! "

Immediately before Li Mu's eyes brightened, he blurted out: "This is reliable! If we can open a special train line between major hubs, our entire turnover speed and capacity will be improved a lot, speed and capacity will be improved, and it will also be good for Taobao's business development. A huge boost, this is too important for us! "

Having said that, Brother Li Mu told Brother Liu: "Brother, hurry up to find a way to establish deep cooperation with the railway department. We firmly support the railway speedup and are also willing to become the first batch of railway speedup cooperative enterprises. In any case, we must ask the railway department for help. We have opened several express train special trains. Even if it costs more, we must find a way to win it! At this stage, capacity and efficiency are more important to us than money! "