The intermediate link compression characteristics of e-commerce express logistics ne tworks influence the tradition al mode of circulation of goods and economic organization,and alter the city spatial pattern.Based on...The intermediate link compression characteristics of e-commerce express logistics ne tworks influence the tradition al mode of circulation of goods and economic organization,and alter the city spatial pattern.Based on the theory of space of flows,this study adopts China Smart Logistics Network relational data to build China's e-commerce express logistics network and explore its spatial structure characteristics through social network analysis(SNA),the PageRank technique,and geospatial methods.The results are as follows:the network density is 0.9270,which is close to 1;hence,indicating that e-commerce express logistics lines between Chinese cities are nearly complete and they form a typical network structure,thereby eliminating fragmented spaces.Moreover,the average minimum number of edges is 1.1375,which indicates that the network has a small world effect and thus has a high flow efficiency of logistics elements.A significant hierarchical diffusion effect was observed in dominant flows with the highest edge weights.A diamond-structured network was formed with Shanghai,Guangzhou,Chongqing,and Beijing as the four core nodes.Other node cities with a large logistics scale and importance in the network are mainly located in the 19 city agglomerations of China,revealing the fact that the development of city agglomerations is essential for promoting the separation of experience space and changing the urban spatial pattern.This study enriches the theory of urban networks,reveals the flow laws of modern logistics elements,and encourages coordinated development of urban logistics.展开更多
The revolution of technology and the rapid evolution of the digital world had a significant effect on the development and expansion of e-commerce.Last mile delivery,for which different app-based delivery services have ...The revolution of technology and the rapid evolution of the digital world had a significant effect on the development and expansion of e-commerce.Last mile delivery,for which different app-based delivery services have recently emerged,is a new area of research that is not thoroughly addressed.Delivery ser-vice is one of the supporting platforms of e-commerce.One of the delivery issues is that many customers experience difficulties in communicating and coordinating with the logistics companies responsible for the delivery service.This challenge is emphasized in this study which introduces a new system to facilitate communica-tion and coordination between customers and logistics companies by using one identity and one interface.This paper is a programming-based study,as the pro-posed system evaluates a website to serve logistics companies as well as designs an application(app)to serve the customers of logistics companies.Swift,a power-ful open-source and object-oriented programming language,and the mark-up language(HTML)were used to build the last mile delivery system.In addition,Firebase,a cloud-hosted real-time database built on Google infrastructure,were used to develop the system.By increasing the level of customer satisfaction and reducing delivery failure rates,this system will eventually increase the prosperity of e-commerce.展开更多
The express delivery induslry of China is relatively backward in the automation degree of critical business processes. The basic reason is that the business-related supporting data, which is scattered in the multidime...The express delivery induslry of China is relatively backward in the automation degree of critical business processes. The basic reason is that the business-related supporting data, which is scattered in the multidimensional space, is difficult to utilize and process. This paper proposes an automatic data acquisition fi-amework to resolve such difficulty, which synthetically utilize intelligent inemet of things (IoT), semantic web and complext event processing (CEP) technology. We also implement a SCEP prototype system with the capability of real-time detecting complex business events on the goods sorting line, which adopts a detection method consisting of four stages. The simulation results show that the system has good performance and feasible enough to deal with the complex business which need data support fTom multidimensional space.展开更多
基于实物互联网(Physical Internet,PI)理论和物流友好设计(Design for Logistics,DFL)理论,文章分析了能均衡环境成本、运营成本及改善交付效率的“多个快递企业末端协同仓共配”这一创新模式未来发展面临的机遇与挑战、相应的路径选...基于实物互联网(Physical Internet,PI)理论和物流友好设计(Design for Logistics,DFL)理论,文章分析了能均衡环境成本、运营成本及改善交付效率的“多个快递企业末端协同仓共配”这一创新模式未来发展面临的机遇与挑战、相应的路径选择与应对策略,结论认为:以绿色低碳与合作协同为内核的“多个快递企业末端协同仓共配”模式不仅可持续,而且市场价值和社会价值巨大;单业务操作层面上来看,多企面单异质问题是其市场主体实现高效率自动化分拣的最大障碍因素之一,建议行业层面共同努力并且立即行动。展开更多
As a fundamental logistics service,the express delivery(ED)industry provides production and consumption activities to maintain efficient supply chain operations.It plays an important role in promoting industrial devel...As a fundamental logistics service,the express delivery(ED)industry provides production and consumption activities to maintain efficient supply chain operations.It plays an important role in promoting industrial development and maintaining daily life and consumption.This study examined the effects of COVID-19 on the ED industry using ED package delivery data from 31 provinces(autonomous regions and municipalities)in China.Using a difference-in-differences method,the COVID-19 outbreak was found to have a positive effect and epidemic prevention and control(EPC)policies were found to have negative effects on the development of the ED industry.In addition to EPC policies,the Chinese government has implemented other short-term economic interventions(SEI),such as the resumption of work and production(RWP),policies to balance economic growth,and epidemic prevention.This study divided the pandemic period into three stages to analyze the different impacts of EPC and SEI policy changes on the ED industry.The RWP policies adopted during the pandemic positively impacted the volume and income of packages delivered to the ED industry.The conclusions of this study are significant for the ED industry in addressing public health emergencies and for the Chinese government to formulate EPC and SEI policies during epidemic periods.展开更多
基金Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42071165,41801144)GDAS’Project of Science and Technology Development(No.2023GDASZH-2023010101,2021GDASYL-20210103004)。
文摘The intermediate link compression characteristics of e-commerce express logistics ne tworks influence the tradition al mode of circulation of goods and economic organization,and alter the city spatial pattern.Based on the theory of space of flows,this study adopts China Smart Logistics Network relational data to build China's e-commerce express logistics network and explore its spatial structure characteristics through social network analysis(SNA),the PageRank technique,and geospatial methods.The results are as follows:the network density is 0.9270,which is close to 1;hence,indicating that e-commerce express logistics lines between Chinese cities are nearly complete and they form a typical network structure,thereby eliminating fragmented spaces.Moreover,the average minimum number of edges is 1.1375,which indicates that the network has a small world effect and thus has a high flow efficiency of logistics elements.A significant hierarchical diffusion effect was observed in dominant flows with the highest edge weights.A diamond-structured network was formed with Shanghai,Guangzhou,Chongqing,and Beijing as the four core nodes.Other node cities with a large logistics scale and importance in the network are mainly located in the 19 city agglomerations of China,revealing the fact that the development of city agglomerations is essential for promoting the separation of experience space and changing the urban spatial pattern.This study enriches the theory of urban networks,reveals the flow laws of modern logistics elements,and encourages coordinated development of urban logistics.
文摘The revolution of technology and the rapid evolution of the digital world had a significant effect on the development and expansion of e-commerce.Last mile delivery,for which different app-based delivery services have recently emerged,is a new area of research that is not thoroughly addressed.Delivery ser-vice is one of the supporting platforms of e-commerce.One of the delivery issues is that many customers experience difficulties in communicating and coordinating with the logistics companies responsible for the delivery service.This challenge is emphasized in this study which introduces a new system to facilitate communica-tion and coordination between customers and logistics companies by using one identity and one interface.This paper is a programming-based study,as the pro-posed system evaluates a website to serve logistics companies as well as designs an application(app)to serve the customers of logistics companies.Swift,a power-ful open-source and object-oriented programming language,and the mark-up language(HTML)were used to build the last mile delivery system.In addition,Firebase,a cloud-hosted real-time database built on Google infrastructure,were used to develop the system.By increasing the level of customer satisfaction and reducing delivery failure rates,this system will eventually increase the prosperity of e-commerce.
文摘The express delivery induslry of China is relatively backward in the automation degree of critical business processes. The basic reason is that the business-related supporting data, which is scattered in the multidimensional space, is difficult to utilize and process. This paper proposes an automatic data acquisition fi-amework to resolve such difficulty, which synthetically utilize intelligent inemet of things (IoT), semantic web and complext event processing (CEP) technology. We also implement a SCEP prototype system with the capability of real-time detecting complex business events on the goods sorting line, which adopts a detection method consisting of four stages. The simulation results show that the system has good performance and feasible enough to deal with the complex business which need data support fTom multidimensional space.
文摘基于实物互联网(Physical Internet,PI)理论和物流友好设计(Design for Logistics,DFL)理论,文章分析了能均衡环境成本、运营成本及改善交付效率的“多个快递企业末端协同仓共配”这一创新模式未来发展面临的机遇与挑战、相应的路径选择与应对策略,结论认为:以绿色低碳与合作协同为内核的“多个快递企业末端协同仓共配”模式不仅可持续,而且市场价值和社会价值巨大;单业务操作层面上来看,多企面单异质问题是其市场主体实现高效率自动化分拣的最大障碍因素之一,建议行业层面共同努力并且立即行动。
基金This work was partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,China(NSFC 71831003).
文摘As a fundamental logistics service,the express delivery(ED)industry provides production and consumption activities to maintain efficient supply chain operations.It plays an important role in promoting industrial development and maintaining daily life and consumption.This study examined the effects of COVID-19 on the ED industry using ED package delivery data from 31 provinces(autonomous regions and municipalities)in China.Using a difference-in-differences method,the COVID-19 outbreak was found to have a positive effect and epidemic prevention and control(EPC)policies were found to have negative effects on the development of the ED industry.In addition to EPC policies,the Chinese government has implemented other short-term economic interventions(SEI),such as the resumption of work and production(RWP),policies to balance economic growth,and epidemic prevention.This study divided the pandemic period into three stages to analyze the different impacts of EPC and SEI policy changes on the ED industry.The RWP policies adopted during the pandemic positively impacted the volume and income of packages delivered to the ED industry.The conclusions of this study are significant for the ED industry in addressing public health emergencies and for the Chinese government to formulate EPC and SEI policies during epidemic periods.