1. Delivery Function Elements

(1) Stock up. It is the preparation or basic work for delivery, and stocking work includes raising sources of goods, ordering or purchasing, collecting goods, purchasing and related quality inspections, settlements, handovers, etc. One of the advantages of delivery is that it can concentrate the needs of users for a certain scale of stocking. Stock up is the initial task that determines the success or failure of delivery. If the cost of stock up is too high, it will greatly reduce the efficiency of delivery.

(2) Storage. There are two forms of storage during delivery: reserve and temporary storage. Distribution reserve is a resource guarantee for distribution formed according to the requirements of distribution operation for a certain period of time. This type of reserve has a large quantity and a relatively complete reserve structure. Depending on the source and arrival of goods, the structure and quantity of turnover reserves and insurance reserves can be determined in a planned manner. The reserve guarantee for delivery is sometimes solved by setting up separate warehouses near the distribution center. Another form of storage is temporary storage, which is a small amount of storage preparation made at the sorting and distribution site according to the sorting and distribution requirements during the specific execution of daily delivery. Due to the fact that the overall storage efficiency depends on the total amount of storage, the temporary storage quantity only affects the convenience of work and does not affect the overall storage efficiency. Therefore, the quantity control is not strict. There is another form of temporary storage, which is the temporary storage of shipped goods formed after sorting and distribution. This temporary storage is mainly used to adjust the rhythm of distribution and delivery, and the temporary storage time is not long.

(3) Sorting and distribution. It is a distinctive functional element of delivery that is different from other forms of logistics, and it is also an important supporting work for the success or failure of delivery. Sorting and distribution are necessary for improving delivery and supporting delivery preparation work. They are an inevitable extension for different delivery companies to compete and improve their own economic benefits during delivery. Therefore, they can also be said to be a necessary requirement for the development of advanced forms of delivery. With sorting and distribution, the level of delivery services will be greatly improved, so sorting and distribution are the key elements that determine the overall level of the distribution system. Assembly. When the delivery quantity of a single user cannot reach the effective carrying capacity of the vehicle, there is a problem of how to concentrate the delivery goods of different users and load them together to fully utilize the transportation capacity, which requires loading; The difference from general delivery is that by assembling delivery, the delivery level can be greatly improved and the delivery cost can be reduced. Therefore, assembly is also a modern feature of the delivery system and an important difference between modern delivery and previous delivery.

(4) Delivery and transportation. Delivery transportation belongs to the terminal transportation and branch transportation in transportation. The main difference between delivery transportation and general transportation is that it is a shorter distance, smaller scale, and higher quota transportation form, usually using cars as transportation tools.

Another difference from mainline transportation is that the problem of route selection in distribution transportation is not present in general mainline transportation. The mainline of mainline transportation is the only transportation line, while distribution transportation has many distribution users and complex urban transportation routes. How to combine them into the best route, how to effectively match equipment and routes, etc. are the characteristics and difficult tasks of distribution transportation.

(5) Delivery service. The transportation of the prepared goods to the user is not considered the completion of the delivery work, because there is often a lack of coordination between the delivery of goods and the user's receipt, which leads to the failure of the previous delivery work. Therefore, in order to successfully transfer the delivered goods and effectively and conveniently handle relevant procedures and complete settlement, it is also necessary to pay attention to the unloading location, unloading method, etc. Delivery service is also a unique feature of delivery. Delivery processing is not a universal functional element in delivery, but it often plays an important role. The main reason is that through delivery processing, customer satisfaction can be greatly improved. Delivery processing is a type of circulation processing, but it has its own characteristics that are different from general circulation processing, that is, delivery processing generally depends only on user requirements, and its processing purpose is relatively single.

2. The general process of logistics company's goods delivery is relatively standardized, but not all deliverymen follow the following process. The distribution of different products may have unique features, such as the absence of distribution, sorting, and assembly processes in fuel oil distribution, and the addition of some circulation and processing processes in cement and wood distribution, which may occur at different stages.