Jan 22, 2020|
Unilever and JD Logistics agree to explore smart and sustainable solutions
Unilever and JD Logistics have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to drive sustainable business initiatives in the supply chain.
Building on our existing strategic relationship with JD.com, China’s largest retailer, Unilever will work more closely with JD Logistics – an independent business group under JD.com that provides smart, digital supply chain and logistics services – to create a framework to identify opportunities for innovation and sustainable growth.
The agreement is grounded on a shared commitment to sustainability. The Unilever Sustainable Living Plan – along with Unilever’s recent pledge on plastic reduction – and JD’s sustainability strategy Green Stream Initiative “Planet, People, Profit” will provide a joint framework for the agreement. We will explore opportunities to digitise and modernise the “Unilever-JD” ecosystem, from plastic recycling and collection, to state-of-the-art 5G delivery solutions for millions of customers across the world, and develop less carbon intense transportation initiatives.
Marc Engel, Unilever’s Chief Supply Chain Officer said: “Today’s agreement with JD Logistics is an excellent opportunity to drive future-fit supply chain solutions around the world. At Unilever, we are always working to deliver better, more sustainable products for our consumers. JD Logistics’ network and technology offer exciting opportunities to enhance our consumer logistics and transportation capabilities, and to deliver even greater transparency, speed and efficiency across our supply chain. Together we can leverage our collective expertise and scale to give consumers better and informed choices and drive sustainable and responsible growth.”
Zhenhui Wang, CEO of JD Logistics said: “We are delighted to strengthen our relationship with Unilever during this year’s annual meeting in Davos. Since Unilever chose JD as a Chinese logistics provider over two years ago, we have worked together to provide Chinese consumers with an excellent customer experience. JD Logistics has long been committed to developing smart, digital and sustainable supply chain solutions, and this agreement is an important step in driving sustainable development for a better future.”
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:
The Coca-Cola Company and JD.com Partner to Explore New Recycling Program in China
