Before understanding the forklift value-added chain market, let's first understand what the forklift value chain is! Simply put, the forklift value-added chain refers to the forklift value-added industry chain, which is a new concept recently proposed. Today, we will understand how the industry chain promotes the formation of the value-added chain market.
According to Professor Lang Xianping, a renowned economist, the industrial chain is a 6+1 model, which includes: first, product design, second, raw material procurement, third, warehousing and transportation, fourth, order processing, fifth, wholesale and distribution, sixth, retail, and first, product manufacturing. The industrial chain refers to the derivative markets that emerge under the drive of the industrial chain. When applied to the forklift industry chain, let's analyze it!
The forklift industry chain includes forklift design, procurement of raw materials such as steel and polyurethane, warehousing and distribution, order processing, wholesale and distribution, and retail. The nearby value chains include second-hand forklifts, forklift leasing, forklift maintenance and repair, forklift accessories, forklift training, and forklift recycling. The emergence of these markets is due to the emergence of derivative markets after the completion of the forklift industry chain, which is based on the premise that the forklift industry chain needs to reach a certain scale, Otherwise, these value-added markets will not survive.
The formation of the forklift industry chain
After more than 30 years of rapid economic development in our country, the industrial chain structure of various industries is gradually improving. The forklift industry, on the other hand, is only valued when commercial competition reaches a certain level. The extensive business development model can basically ignore logistics costs. Only through refined competition can we see the huge value of logistics costs. It is precisely because of the proliferation of businesses and the increasingly fierce commercial competition today, Only then will more enterprises see the enormous value behind logistics, known as the third source of profit.
Logistics includes two large blocks, one is transportation logistics and the other is warehousing logistics. Logistics refers to the rational service model and advanced service process that utilizes modern information technology and equipment to accurately, timely, safe, high-quality, and door-to-door deliver goods from the supply location to the receiving location. Logistics is a part of supply chain activities, which is the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient and low-cost flow and storage of goods, services, and related information from the supply location to the consumption location in order to meet customer needs. The essence of logistics is the transfer of goods, that is, to complete the transfer of goods with low cost, low risk of damage, and high efficiency according to the requirements of the supplier.
Logistics, in layman's terms, means completing the transfer of goods from two points to one line. The two points are warehousing (or warehousing and receiving), while the first line is logistics transportation. Generally, to reduce logistics transportation costs, an effective way is to choose a reasonable delivery route, and then use information technology to consolidate goods, containers, etc. to achieve the transportation volume of trucks, and effectively reduce the empty load rate of trucks.
It is very difficult to reduce storage costs. It is necessary to have a comprehensive understanding of the characteristics of the goods, shipping frequency, shipping methods, etc., and to plan the warehouse, distribution center, and logistics center reasonably in order to achieve the goal of efficient shipping and reducing storage costs. To reduce storage costs, in addition to scientifically designing the warehouse, it is also necessary to have high-quality management personnel. In addition, logistics storage equipment plays a crucial role in improving loading and unloading efficiency and reducing logistics costs.
The Formation of Forklift Additional Industry Chain
It is precisely because logistics warehousing equipment has made a huge contribution in logistics that in China, although logistics development started late, a considerable market for logistics warehousing equipment has still formed in recent years. The emergence of scale markets is the foundation for the emergence of nearby industrial chains. Additional industrial chains can be understood as attached industrial chains, that is, industries attached to the industrial chain. Second hand forklifts, forklift leasing, forklift maintenance, forklift accessories, forklift training, and forklift recycling are clearly attached to the forklift industry chain as additional industrial chains.
The Development of Forklift Additional Industry Chain
Market demand drives the emergence and development of industrial chains, and the same goes for additional industrial chains. Only with the rapid development of industrial chains can the rapid development of additional industrial chains be fostered. So fundamentally speaking, as long as there are no problems with the forklift industry chain, the additional forklift industry chain can develop healthily and quickly.
Forklifts, as a tool that can effectively improve logistics efficiency and reduce logistics costs, are closely related to their usage and the level of regional economic development. The faster a country's economic development, the corresponding logistics transportation and storage volume will have a significant leap. If logistics efficiency is not improved, social logistics costs will significantly increase. It is under the enormous pressure of improving logistics efficiency that more and more enterprises are using logistics warehousing equipment such as forklifts to replace increasingly expensive labor. For cost considerations, some enterprises choose to purchase new forklifts, some choose to rent forklifts, some choose to purchase second-hand forklifts, some choose to purchase forklift services, and so on. All of these have given rise to the formation and development of an additional forklift industry chain.
And it is precisely because the forklift market has formed a huge scale in China that these additional industrial chains have developed steadily and rapidly.
The development trend of forklifts will have an impact on the additional industry chain of forklifts
What is the future trend of forklift development? Electric storage equipment will become the mainstream of forklifts in the future, including electric forklifts, electric stackers, electric handling trucks, electric picking trucks, electric platform trucks, and other electric storage equipment. This is determined by their advantages in environmental protection and energy conservation. This can be seen from the proportion of internal combustion forklifts and electric storage equipment in Europe. The proportion of internal combustion forklifts and electric storage equipment in Europe is 7-3, while the proportion in the United States is 7-3. However, the proportion of electric storage equipment in China should be relatively low, although the development of electric storage equipment has been relatively fast in recent years.
The impact of the development trend of forklifts on the additional industry chain of forklifts is obvious, especially on the forklift parts market, which can be said to be disruptive. Distributors who originally supplied internal combustion forklift parts may be forced to supply electric storage equipment parts; And the impact on forklift maintenance is even greater
