HLS took the lead to bring logistics outsourcing solutions to the retailers in China. When third party logistics was only a concept for many manufacturers and circulation companies in China, HLS already signed logistics outsourcing service contracts with several famous domestic retail chains.

Industry features:
There are various types of retail industry including department stores, shopping malls, supermarkets and convenience stores. All types have their own characteristics. Department stores and shopping malls require direct delivery; however medium-sized supermarkets and convenience stores need consolidation and delivery from distribution centers so they require excellent reliability of their logistics distribution.

With business growing, retailers need to open more stores in surrounding areas of large and medium cities. For franchise businesses, they need to provide salable merchandise for their franchisees at the right time. These increase the requirement for logistics solutions. As chain supermarkets extend their development in second and third level cities and in prefecture and county level cities, people realize that logistics becomes very important as the number of stores increases.

The logistics of distribution to retail stores features high package-opening rate, numerous categories of products, numerous batches, fast turnover frequency, and a high rate of returned products, which makes the logistics distribution very complex.

Logistics solutions:
HLS can provide retail companies with comprehensive logistics services and set up a tailor-made operation procedures based on its logistics expertise and experience serving domestic and foreign retail industries. Services provided by HLS include:

• Planning of distribution network, including sound layout design, establishment of distribution centers
• Order management
• Picking
• Regional distribution
• Inventory management
• Supply chain solutions
• Value-added services
• Cross-docking process
• Transfer by regional distribution centers
• Flexible value-added services, including sorting and repackaging, as well as re-assembling and arranging goods for customers.

HLS provides advanced warehouse management and transportation management systems, which can link seamlessly with retail customer’s business system or ERP system through its EDI platform. The system monitors all events and procedures of warehouse and inventory management, from receiving and inspection to storage, and from store orders to replenishment, picking, QC, packing, vehicle loading and delivery, as well as from inventory counting to data management. The all-inclusive functions of the system guarantee smooth daily operation, which greatly enhances the efficiency and accuracy of management and operations.

Through continual personnel training, HLS has built up a qualified, experienced team, through which HLS has great achievements in logistics management, and still improve continually.

• Managing suppliers through a standard receiving booking system, which effectively implement JIT management in distribution centers.
• Real-time electronic data interchange with your customer’s system through HLS’s logistics system to have quick, accurate real-time inventory status of their stores for fast and accurate replenishment.
• Various operation modes in DC can be supported simultaneously by our system. Different KPI management systems are applied for different operations.
• The parallel distribution operations of storage and cross-docking lower the inventory in distribution centers and stores, which makes overall inventory lower and enhances inventory turnover rate and capital turnover rate.
• Monitoring and managing reverse logistics.
• Through real-time inventory monitoring and turnover rate management, purchasing, management and operation personnel will know the goods status at any time and can then adjust the inventory status and amounts at the right time, which effectively lowers down inventory level and enhances your turnover rate.
• Complete transportation cost control system.

HLS has a lot of experiences giving support to the business development of retailers. We can provide optimum logistics service to customers to reduce their logistics costs, increase their operating profit and enhance their market competitiveness. We will develop together with our customers through mutual beneficial cooperation.