Jul 2, 2018|
New Hydrogen-Powered JD.com Delivery Trucks Emit Only Purified Water
Coinciding with JD.com’s 6.18 anniversary sale, which reached a record $24.7 billion in transactions, China’s largest retailer has introduced a fleet of hydrogen energy delivery trucks to greater Shanghai.
Vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells are often cited as an excellent alternative to traditional vehicles run on carbon-based fuel, but the new technology requires commitment and experience to utilize effectively. JD has put dozens of new delivery trucks to use with hydrogen tanks that take only three minutes to refill. They can travel for 300km per tank while carrying up to 3.5 tons of cargo, and the only emission put out by the new vehicles, which are also known to be extremely safe, is purified water.
The new fleet is the first sizeable commercial deployment of hydrogen-powered vehicles for logistics in China, and the latest expansion of JD’s ongoing effort to make the ‘last mile’ of the distribution process carbon-free. In early June, the company rolled out a fleet of 50 solar-powered delivery vehicles in Beijing.
JD.com evaluates all sustainability initiatives by their impact on the environment as well as their efficiency and operational sustainability. Upgraded models of its solar vehicles, for example, feature solar panels on the roofs of tricycles, and can travel 50% further on one charge than previous models. A fully-charged tricycle can now run 45 km, with increased battery life, allowing drivers to make more deliveries.
“The strength of JD sustainable initiatives shows that a green approach to logistics is beneficial for the environment, and much more. By investing in these technologies and encouraging partners to do the same, JD hopes to promote green logistics across industries,” said Hui Wang, vice president of JD.com, head of the delivery department at JD Logistics. “These first forays into the world of renewable energy are the beginning of what will be a complete overhaul of the way we deliver goods to JD’s customers across the country on a daily basis. It’s a very exciting time.”
JD has already established fleets of renewably-powered vehicles in major cities across China, including Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu, and an incentive system will encourage JD’s third-party logistics partners to switch hundreds of thousands of their delivery vehicles to renewable sources as well.
The company also has many more initiatives aimed at reducing the environmental impact of the entire supply chain, part of JD’s “Green Stream Initiative.” Programs include the use of sustainable greener packaging within warehouses, through partnerships with brands such as Lego, Nestle, Unilever, P&G, and Wyeth, with a goal of reducing the number of boxes used throughout the supply chain by 10 billion by 2020. The company also aims for 80% of packaging materials to be recyclable, over 50% of plastic packages to be replaced by biodegradable material and 100% of logistics packaging to be composed of recyclable or reusable materials.
Meanwhile, JD’s Asia No.1 warehouse in Shanghai has a fully functional solar powered system installed on the roof of the facility, an initiative JD plans to expand to its other warehouses across the country. By 2030, JD predicts it will operate the world’s largest solar powered infrastructure system, with a projected total area of 200 million square meters of solar panels.
Read more about JD’s sustainable consumption initiatives in the Trends in Green Consumption Development report.
Mar 26, 2020|
JD Supply Chain Alleviates COVID-19 Impacts, Facilitates Industry Resumption
by Yuchuan Wang
During the epidemic, JD has been continuously delivering daily necessities for consumers and aid supplies to the epidemic epicenter in Wuhan, Hubei province, all based on the company’s investment in next-generation infrastructure, including its in-house logistics network, smart supply chain and technology innovation over the last decade.
Guarantee national supply
As the world is under the stress of COVID-19, the importance of building strong supply chain capabilities is being emphasized repeatedly in helping economic recovery. According to Sarah Watt, senior director at Gartner Supply Chain, “Supply has been impacted in three primary ways: limited access to employees due to quarantines, factory closures or manufacturing slowdowns and limited access to logistics to move goods.”
Thanks JD’s early investment in smart supply chain, which dates back to 2007, the company has been able to be extremely agile in supplying goods during the epidemic period. JD collaborated with suppliers to efficiently allocate goods, worked with manufacturers to resume production based on big data analysis and maintained continuously delivery across the country, even in Wuhan.
From January 20th to February 28th, JD supplied 220 million products to its nationwide consumers including 290,000 tons of rice and flour, eggs and vegetables. JD Logistics transported 50 million medical supplies, and JD Health collaborated with over 13,000 offline pharmacies to provide 30-minute delivery service.
JD’s supply chain also helped 3,900 tons of agricultural products that risked becoming unsellable due to the coronavirus outbreak to be delivered to consumers nationwide. For example, in Hefeng county, Enshi city in Hubei province, JD helped 350 local farmers make 50 tons of citrus for sale online, with over 1,500 orders per day.
Help brick-and-mortar stores resume business online
Through various omnichannel solutions, JD is helping tens of thousands of offline stores resume business online.
With the help of JD, over 700 Five Star Appliance’s stores are transforming into community warehouses to supply online orders from social platforms such as WeChat groups. It also helps JD sell online inventory, which is fulfilled by JD Logistics.
Based on Location-Based-Services (LBS), JD’s online sales events are enabling offline stores to interact with and deliver to its surrounding consumers. In addition, JD Live helps offline stores conduct live streams to attract consumers.
Ensure enterprises resume operations
TIEM is a manufacturer for gaming products in China. Affected by COVID-19, the company faced factory shutdown. JD quickly provided support in warehousing, logistics and supply chain financing for TIEM, helping the company fulfill its backlogged inventory and reach even more consumers.
At the same time, the company has helped support work resumption needs such as office supplies, protective equipment and services. JD’s enterprise procurement business JD Business has served over 1.3 million enterprise clients since the outbreak.
JD’s strong supply chain ability helped Chengdu Railway source and supply 60,000 protective supplies in as few as 48 hours.
JD also helped Deyin, an MRO (maintenance, repair and operations) products supplier from Qingdao, Shandong province, sell nearly RMB 1 million in products in half a month, helping the company increase revenue even when operations were temporarily shut down.
To get a sense of JD’s smart supply chain capabilities, take a look at the graphic below:
ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc. and JD.com Partner in Sustainable Building Push
