Chinanews.com Jinzhong, December 17th, title: Leveraging on "Internet +" Digital Transformation of Shanxi's veteran coal enterprises
Author Yang Jieying Liu Dongdong Dong Yongde
From the traditional coal and coke industry to a digital industry transformation, concentrated on the research and development of online freight apps, to successfully rank among the top 10 online freight platforms in the country; from the initial unknown to serving customers all over the country, integrating 410,000 social vehicles; from 2016 Since its establishment in November, in only 5 years, the accumulated transaction volume of the platform has exceeded 20 billion yuan...Shanxi's established coal and coke companies have seized the opportunity of "Internet +" and realized digital transformation.
The Chengfeng freight network freight platform, developed by Shanxi Guienbo Information Technology Co., Ltd., originated in Shanxi Jin Zhongjiexiu. With continuous independent innovation and scientific research, it has successfully ranked among the top 10 national network freight platforms.
"Chengfeng Freight is a typical sample of the transformation of our city's traditional coal and coke enterprises. It is completely dependent on a group of young people who have seized the opportunity of the Internet development. They accurately analyze the market situation, concentrate on research, overcome difficulties, and realize'making something out of nothing'. In the context of the current increasing downward pressure on the economy, Chengfeng Freight has broken through the waves and achieved great results, which are of great reference to the development of small and medium-sized enterprises in the city." Wu Junqing, Secretary of the Jinzhong Municipal Party Committee, when investigating Chengfeng Freight, Affirm the way of technological innovation of enterprises.
Shanxi Guienbo Information Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Guinbo") is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shanxi Jinquan Energy Group.
The company was announced by the Ministry of Transport as one of the first batch of qualified enterprises in the national car-free carrier pilot enterprise assessment, and it is also one of the only seven car-free pilot companies in Shanxi.
Up to now, there are 410,000 registered drivers on the Chengfeng freight platform, and the total amount of cargo exceeds 230 million tons.
Guienbo was rated as a pioneer in the digital transformation of the logistics industry in 2020, one of the top 20 Internet companies in Shanxi Province in 2020, and a private gazelle enterprise in Shanxi.
What is the key to the rapid growth and development of this private enterprise located in the coal and charcoal city?
"In the final analysis, it is the result of seizing the opportunity of Internet development and the team's continuous scientific research and intensive cultivation." said Wen Qiugui, chairman of Shanxi Jinquan Energy Group.
In his view, the transformation of coal and coke enterprises is imminent. Only by taking the road of technological innovation can we rebirth and create a new path of high-quality development.
Shanxi is an important energy production base in the country, and Jiexiu, as an important transportation hub in the middle of the province, is very busy with bulk cargo transportation.
However, the traditional logistics and freight industry generally have problems such as low degree of organization and high vehicle idling rate.
Wen Qiugui, who has more than 20 years of experience in the coking coal industry and freight drivers, feels even more empathetic.
“Traditional freight industry is generally faced with problems such as difficulty in matching trucks and goods, difficulty in finding vehicles for cargo owners, difficulty in management, difficulty in obtaining compliance invoices, difficulty in finding goods by transportation companies and individuals, and difficulty in settlement of freight." Wen Qiugui said, "the'six difficulties' problem. It is also the crux of the slow development of the traditional logistics industry."
How to build a communication platform for cargo owners and drivers to improve these problems is a question that Wen Qiugui has been thinking about.
The rapid development of the Internet is quietly changing everything.
The O2O sharing model based on Internet big data applications has become an important development direction for integrating fragmented information and breaking the barriers to matching vehicles and goods.
In August 2016, the Ministry of Transport issued the "Opinions on Promoting the Pilot Reform and Accelerating the Innovative Development of Car-free Carrier Logistics", and a total of 283 companies were selected and confirmed nationwide to carry out the car-free carrier pilot work.
Taking this opportunity, the company successfully applied for a car-free carrier license and became one of the first pilot car-free carriers in the country.
After a thorough investigation of the market, a technical R&D team was quickly formed to develop a car-free shipping app.
Combining logistics with the Internet is a brand new attempt.
In June 2018, Chengfeng Freight officially launched operations.
In order to adapt to market demand more quickly, in December 2019, the company launched a comprehensive upgrade plan for Chengfeng Freight App.
After half a year of careful polishing, in June 2020, Chengfeng Freight’s three-terminal App was rebuilt and launched. In addition to the basic bill receiving and settlement functions, it also added oil and gas aftermarket services, and gradually formed a set of "Internet freight + actual shipping + customers A logistics ecosystem that integrates multiple new business formats such as “smart management + aftermarket services”.
Starting from the second half of 2020, the company has rapidly expanded its business in Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Hebei, Gansu and other major coal and coke provinces, and its business scope has gradually radiated from Shanxi to the whole country, and its business volume has grown rapidly.
In September 2020, the single-month business volume exceeded 400 million yuan; in 2021, the company's single-month business volume exceeded 1 billion yuan.
In addition, the company also specially develops the "Household Management System and Receiving and Delivery Management System" for coal and coke enterprises, providing 3 sets of solutions for unattended, manned, and receipt and delivery management, and can be customized according to the actual situation of the enterprise. The solution realizes the automatic and semi-automatic uploading of data from the weighing room.
At present, more than 60 coal and coke companies have installed the system to help companies realize informatization, automation, and intelligent management.
It is reported that the Chengfeng freight platform currently replaces 50,000 to 60,000 vehicles every year. This number is still increasing with the increase in the number of online vehicles on the platform. The market prospect is very broad.
At present, the Jinzhong Municipal Government is making every effort to promote in-depth cooperation with local special-purpose vehicle manufacturers such as AVIC Lantian, Snard, and Paul Auto, and instruct platform registered users to give priority to high-quality and low-cost Jinzhong local special-purpose vehicles when replacing their vehicles. So as to realize the cooperation between the strong and the strong, mutual benefit and win-win.
Speaking of future development, Wen Qiugui said: "Chengfeng Freight will strive to build a national unicorn platform company for bulk commodity transportation, and help China's logistics industry to realize the digital and intelligent transformation and upgrading of the entire industrial chain." (End)