2019 LogiMAT Logistics Keywords Roundup

The year 2019 is coming to an end, signaling the coming of the "20" era. Looking back at 2019, the development of China's logistics equipment industry can be described as ups and downs, with both opportunities and challenges. Under the rapid development of the general environment, LogiMAT intralogisticprescriptionand Process Management Exhibition as China LogisticssectorThe communication platform, we have witnessed the industry changes together, accompanied the industry to develop together, now let's take a slight inventory of 2019, to see what LogiMAT has done to comply with the industry development in the logistics change environment in 2019?

Strategic breakthroughs

2019 is the first year of China's smart logistics, 5G, AI, IoT and other advanced technologies have opened the chapter of logistics 4.0, and major logistics and e-commerce companies have carried outsupply chainsUpgrade or restructuring, the Yangtze River Delta region has become the first choice for the pilot reform of the region, double eleven total turnover in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai also ranked first in the national region, coupled with the advantages of the region's trade, ports and so on, are determined to be the birthplace of intelligent logistics in the Yangtze River Delta, Shanghai as the core of the region, has become the center of the convergence of logistics technology.

In order to penetrate into the core of the market, LogiMAT has upgraded its already 4 editions of the China exhibition LogiMAT China strategically by moving the venue from Nanjing to Shanghai so as to better radiate the market in East China, and to continue the mode of combining high-quality solution presentations and high-end forums in Shanghai, the economic and R&D center of China, to enable our practitioners to find the technical information they are looking for and need. The great success of the 2019 event was also very rewarding for our exhibitors and visitors. LogiMAT China will continue to focus on Shanghai, the center of China's logistics industry, the Yangtze River Delta and gradually expand to the whole country in the coming period.

Supply Chain Integration

The constant change of market demand, the landing of new technologies, major logistics providers Suning Logistics, SF, Deppon, Cainiao and other enterprises relying on technological innovation, and actively integrate the entire supply chain resources to adapt to the vagaries of market demand; major retailers Taobao, Jingdong, Suning, Vipshop, Walmart, etc. have also optimized and upgraded their respective warehousing and logistics management system, SF has completed the acquisition of the U.S. Summerhill cold chain business in China and the German Post DHL Group's supply chain business in China. Shunfeng completed the acquisition of the U.S. Summerhill's cold chain business in China and Germany's postal DHL Group's supply chain business in China, which effectively improved the layout of the supply chain; Zhongtong and Deppon invested heavily in the establishment of supply chain companies to accelerate the change of their own supply chain system; Walmart plans to invest an additional 8 billion yuan in upgrading the logistics supply chain in China, and will build more than 10 new or upgraded logistics and distribution centers; Suning has constructed a warehouse and distribution, courier, express, cold chain, cross-border, real-time distribution and after-sales service. Suning has built seven major product lines, becoming a leader in supply chain change.

These changes require enterprises to constantly update technology and customize more reasonable solutions for different external conditions. At the same time, in terms of logistics equipment and warehousing to build a logistics and transportation services, end-users and more open and timely communication between the docking system, the realization of internal logistics and external logistics connectivity. logiMAT + tlC as the supply chain link in the most important two internal and external logistics platforms of the cooperation is born in this trend. logiMAT is the world's premier platform for the exhibition of internal logistics, the Munich exhibition of the transport logistic series is the world's leading exhibition of the logistics and transportation industry. LogiMAT is the leading international exhibition platform for intralogistics, while tlC's transport logistic series is the world's leading exhibition for the logistics and transportation industry. The two sides took the lead in China to reach a strategic cooperation, held at the same time, logistics equipment, logistics transportation, cold chain, application industry terminals and other links in the supply chain enterprises, systems, equipment, technology, and even demand are integrated in the same exhibition space, to build China's only through the logistics industry chain of the exhibition. It provides a procurement platform for equipment and transportation, and an open exchange platform for intelligent supply chain solutions for upstream and downstream enterprises in the supply chain that need supply chain changes.

Catching up with the capital wave, strengthening the recruitment of high-tech logistics equipment enterprises

In 2019, with the integration and restructuring of logistics and transportation enterprises and the concentration of listing, the industry financing heat continues to decline and the region cools down. Capital is gradually focusing on new directions, logistics equipment enterprises have emerged, especially high-tech logistics equipment enterprises with core technology support, but also the favorite of the capital market. The source cited Yio reported that in 2019 H1, there were 13 financings in the field of logistics equipment, most of which were focused on the application of robotics in warehouses.

LogiMAT China has also noticed this change, and in terms of exhibitor recruitment, it has strengthened the display of high-tech logistics equipment enterprises with independent research and development capabilities. Especially in the AGV industry. many exhibitors at LogiMAT China ranked high in the 2019 Logistics Equipment Enterprises Financing Amount Ranking. Geek+, the extreme wisdom of Jia Geek+, announced in July 2019 that it had successfully completed the C1 round of main financing, amounting to more than $150 million; Beijing Kuangxiang Technology Co. announced in May that it had completed the second stage of the D round of equity financing, and the total amount of financing in the D round had reached $750 million; in March of this year, Spirit Technology announced to the outside world that it had completed 100 million yuan of B round of financing, and then announced in August that it had completed the B1 round of financing; Makestar Intelligence in January In January, Makestar Intelligence completed its A round of financing; and Zhongding Integration received a strategic investment of RMB 102 million in May.

In terms of activities related to the 2020 Exhibition, LogiMAT China intends to invite experts in the field of capital to analyze and elaborate on the latest hot topics and cases of supply chain finance, and also invite executives of enterprises with successful financing experience to share on-site the methods and strategies on how to find the right track, expand the direction and catch up with the wave of capital.

Presenting cutting-edge technology for the intralogistics industry

The survival and development of logistics equipment enterprises, technological innovation must not be ignored. To quote Professor Wu Qingyi, the founder of Logistics Technology and Application magazine and a famous Chinese logistics expert, who spoke at the just-concluded "2019 Global Logistics Equipment Industry Development Conference and 2019 Global Logistics Equipment Entrepreneurs Annual Meeting", "2019 can be said to be the first year of the development of 5G technology, blockchain technology, the combination of the virtual world and the physical world is worth exploring in depth. Development of the first year, the combination of the virtual world and the physical world is worth exploring in depth, the future application is unpredictable, but now we have to keep pace with the pace, and actively study the application of 5G technology, blockchain technology in the field of logistics equipment, to find a new direction for enterprise development."

As an exhibition with the core idea of presenting cutting-edge technologies in the intralogistics industry, LogiMAT China has naturally moved the exhibition's presentation theme closer to these latest technologies, with a number of renowned companies set to showcase the latest products and solutions based on 5G technology during the 2020 exhibition. In addition, one of the confirmed speakers for the main forum, Prof. Dr. Michael Henke, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML and Chairman of Logistics for Business (LFO), is an authoritative scholar who has studied the application of blockchain technology in the logistics field, and he will give a keynote speech on blockchain and share his business application practices during the 2020 exhibition.

Focusing on solutions to help Logistics 4.0

Industry 4.0 progress, gave birth to the concept of logistics 4.0, thereby enhancing the requirements of the logistics equipment industry, logistics equipment products, intelligence, network connectivity, flexibility requirements increase, the business model is shifting from manufacturing-centered to service-centered, the technology route from the intelligent products + intelligent services to the development of the whole life cycle, the production mode from the establishment of intelligent factories, to achieve a high degree of customization of the production to the platform building The production mode is evolving from establishing smart factories and realizing highly customized production to platform building, and establishing a digital platform that is highly interactive with customers and suppliers. This means that, in the logistics 4.0 era, logistics equipment enterprises can no longer be satisfied with the provision of products to engage in technology, must be service-centered, able to provide customers with reasonable customized solutions.

LogiMAT distinguishes itself from most exhibitions by its forward-looking effectiveness in solution capability, as the exhibitors' displays and the forum's themes are all centered on providing solutions for different industries. Intralogistics is a systematized work scenario, and each role in the scenario must be adapted to each other in order to achieve the solutions required to accomplish the goals. Therefore, LogiMAT requires exhibitors not to tell the audience what their products are and what they can do, but to understand the current production situation and needs of the audience, and then customize their products or technical solutions according to the needs and tell the audience how to apply the solutions to solve the needs, or to inform the audience in advance of the solutions that can produce benefits that cannot be predicted at present, or solve potential problems, and guide the audience with the solutions. LogiMAT's forum is also another form of providing solutions, through the analysis of technology pioneers on the future prediction, the industry's leading end-users on their own application sharing, so that the audience can be more able to be in the right place, the logistics solutions of their own enterprises have a clearer understanding. As a visitor of LogiMAT, attending the exhibition brings back not only product information, but also a set of clear solutions.

LogiMAT China focuses on several industries where the application of advanced intralogistics technology is more popular: automotive, food and beverage, home furnishing, footwear and apparel, retail, household chemicals and pharmaceuticals, and the topics of the exhibitors' programs and application industry forums are all centered on these industries. The forum invited dozens of authoritative leaders from the field of logistics production and logistics applications, such as JAC, Schaeffler, Cargill, Budweiser, Redstar Macalline, RuiLi, Sinopharm, Sanofi Pasteur, Jingdong, Temple, BenLife, Haier, China Mobile, Lenovo, etc., to discuss and share their views on the innovation and upgrading of the supply chain, the optimization and development of logistics centers, the visualization technology of logistics, the empowerment of warehousing, and other innovations and technologies that promote the rapid development of the industry. Dozens of authoritative leaders from the field of logistics production and logistics applications, such as Haier, Lenovo, etc., discussed and shared their views on supply chain innovation and upgrading, logistics center optimization and development, logistics visualization technology, warehouse empowerment and other innovations that drive the rapid development of the industry.

International exchange platform, invite in, go out

LogiMAT as Europe's premier intralogistics industry wind vane, every year in March is the world's leading enterprises to release new technologies, display new achievements of the preferred platform, these resources have also been successively spread to the China exhibition, the proportion of international exhibitors in the 2019 China exhibition brand reached 48%, such as Jungheinrich, Kron, Weilun, Daifuku, rely on the Pope, Mias, Cadiz, Konecranes, Konecranes, Fahler, Hoffmann, Legeten, Bowie, Wangzhong, Apollo Weiteisch, Hubitecs, TVH, Miebach, Ansatz Konax, Keens, Konarp, Legeton, Fahler, Hoffman, Legeton, Bowie, Wangzhong, Apollo Weitiersch, Hubitex, TVH, Mibach, AMBA Flex, Inoxin, Koniko, Easeo, Peakboard, Metroplan, Eslog, Bespoon, EVTD and so on; this ratio is much higher than other exhibitions of the same kind of industry in China! The percentage is much higher than other exhibitions of the same industry in China. These companies come to China with international leading technology and product solutions, on the one hand, to broaden their own business market, on the other hand, with Chinese counterparts and buyers in-depth exchanges, to promote the development of China's logistics equipment technology.

LogiMAT is a series of exhibitions with globalization vision, and hopes to provide more help to more Chinese enterprises to go out and get more overseas business. The share of Chinese exhibitors in German exhibitions has been increasing year by year, and the registration of Chinese enterprises for the upcoming LogiMAT 2020 has once again reached a record high, with a total of more than 90 Chinese enterprises making a joint appearance, and at the same time, the organizer will also organize the "Intelligent Linking of Life" - LogiMAT 2020 Business Mission, inviting more Chinese enterprises to participate in the business mission. At the same time, the organizer will also organize the "Smart Link to Life"-LogiMAT 2020 business mission, inviting more Chinese industry end buyers to visit the exhibition in Germany, visit the famous smartmanufacturing plantIn addition, it explores the mysteries of the world's most advanced internal logistics technology, reveals the intelligent manufacturing technology of outstanding enterprises, and guides its own production and planning transformation and upgrading strategies.

LogiMAT completed its acquisition partnership for the Intelligent warehouse exhibition in Thailand in May 2019, and the inaugural LogiMAT Thailand will be held at the2020It will be held on May 13-15 at IMPACT Exhibition Center in Thailand, and will become the highest-level intralogistics exhibition in Southeast Asia. In the current manufacturing transfer pioneer conditions for enterprises to develop the Southeast Asian market to create more favorable opportunities.

China Warehousing and Distribution Association Wang Jixiang, vice president predicted that in 2020, China's logistics equipment industry market demand will continue to maintain a growth rate of about 20%, of which the intelligent logistics equipment to maintain a growth rate of about 25%, of which e-commerce logistics and express delivery, new retail, apparel, newrenewable energyLogiMAT China will follow the market dynamics, provide a more professional platform for the exchange and display of intralogistics solutions, invite more end-users from the application industries to visit and exchange ideas, and allow them to share their logistics "vision" and "innovative" ideas on this open supply chain solution platform. In this open supply chain solution platform, they can share their own logistics "vision", think about the product "innovation" concept, and get the most suitable solution "program".

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