About the understanding of the characteristics of express business

The revised law of post express business must have business provisions corresponding condition and apply for permission. "Without permission, no unit or individual shall export express business". That is the essence of express business complete items to the flow of the point by point. This is very similar to the logistics business. Logistics in the national standard "logistics term" definition is "items from the source of supply to receiving the entity to flow process", just the phenomenon to see items flow express business often confused and logistics businesses. This caused some express logistics business enterprise self-righteous and don't apply for business license; It also gives the postal management department in law enforcement inspection of how to determine the express enterprises brings certain difficulty. Therefore, an accurate grasp the characteristics of express business is necessary. This paper makes a probe into this.

Grasp the express business features must be related to the law of post according to relevant provisions.

The law of post to express chapter 9 is the definition of a: "it is to point to in the promised within the time limit of done quickly deliver activities". Delivery is the definition of a: "it is to point to will letters, package, prints, according to the article such as packaging address delivered to TeDingRen or unit activities, including collected, sorting, transportation, delivery and other links". Therefore, can be concluded express business have the following basic features:

1, delivery of the goods, qualitative, mainly reflects in:

(1) packaging items. Express business is the delivery of the goods for packaging. Packaging items at the express business called it "a", and to "a" for measuring and valuation of the flow and items based unit. One or more identical or different items shipped only as a Courier. According to information, logistics business generally doesn't special requirements for goods packaging, can to transport such as "car" or to goods weight or volume for measurement and price units. Express business to deliver goods packaging requirements the obvious difference in the logistics business.

(2) department have to have the goods. Express business is to address the delivery of the goods are. Due to express business with "a" for the items of the flow based the unit, so that the goods shipped "a" department have to have is the basic requirement of express business. The recipient of the items have clear destination and the receiver, the sender's address to the collected clear items and the sender, the "a" the flow of goods will be sure. So, address information is the foundation of business express business.

(3) has weight, volume restricted articles. Express business is to have weight, volume limit the delivery of the goods. Express delivery goods is mainly letters, parcels and print. Letters and print collectively letters to paper goods primarily. The law of post article 56 "may not be as parcel delivery after letters pack", express operation of the few big weight, large volume of letters happen. Package is broad, so the law of post parcel weight, volume to have specific provision: "no more than 50 kg its weight to any side, not the size of the more than one hundred and fifty centimeters, length, width, no more than three hundred cm high total". The law of post of these provisions defining the express the weight, volume range.

Delivery of the goods, the qualitative is actually express, qualitative, what was his answer is express the problem. From the material form to express the "express" and "email" completely consistent, the main difference between the former by express enterprise complete delivery, the latter by postal enterprises provide complete. This shows will express business under the law of post to adjust and regulate the range is completely correct and reasonable.

2, the uniqueness of delivery mode

The business of express delivery activity is a kind of service of the postal service unique way, especially the postal practitioners send the message, parcels and prints and stuff. The services of the way a characteristic is convenience, it requires both send or the deferred to close to their customers, to provide the most convenient service. Express business to deliver goods to the special requirements, also make the Courier delivery activities have high permeability. A shipped department have address and weight, volume in the prescribed scope items, and may, according to needs to "flow" to any place, realize the express "door to door, table to table, hand to hand" service. Deliver the uniqueness of transportation, is activities such as checked, shipment way doesn't have.

3, the efficiency of the process of delivery.

The law of post in explaining express definition emphasized "rapid finish", it serves to show the effectiveness of the express business role. Deliver the efficiency of the process embodies the flow speed of items, meet the customer's need for time. For this, "express service" postal industry standard from a "thorough delay time". To "completely delay time limit" standard depending on the delivery for the lost items, items lost can obtain compensation according to law. The height of the timeliness of express business is the business value pursuit is, and also is the important features of the business.

4, delivery of the organization of the network.

Complete no.of collected to deliver a observed express general need to experience collected (LanShou), processing (distribution), transportation, delivery (send) link. The above link must be unified dispatching, fluctuation, cohesion, cooperation with the ability to finish by express delivery to the collected and orderly flow, and finally reaches the hands. Express business of each section of organic combination, node configuration, rational division of labor, rhythm, operation is actually express service network the important embodiment of sex. Express service organization network with the express the scope of business expands and synchronous expansion, the indispensable. Express business is highly dependent on the completion of the express network is the important features of the business.

Express business in the characters of the above four, delivered goods namely, qualitative and delivery of express way is the core feature the uniqueness of the hotels, the efficiency of the process, and service organization network is for general characteristics of sex. The core feature is the main basis of express business judgment, the general characteristics of the judgment express business reference (or say added basis). If an enterprise delivery goods is encapsulated, department, and have to have weight and volume within the prescribed scope and the delivery this service can be basic way that the firms are involved in the business of express delivery.

Sometimes express business and express business need to distinguish. To meet the efficiency of the express business, express is essential to express business link. When this link by express service organization commissioned a transportation enterprise bear, the transportation enterprise in business and not express delivery is express business, premise condition is "the express service organization entrusted". Leave the premise condition transportation enterprise involved in express transportation is involved in express business.

According to the above analysis, the express business is "items from the source of supply to receiving the entity to flow process", meet the general characteristics of logistics business. But the law of post to express business delivery goods have special provisions, can think express business is a special kind of logistics business. General logistics business don't apply for business license, shall apply to the business express business license.

The author of the original-TaoBoGang postal administration in jiangsu province, jiangsu express industry of association