The Spring Festival holiday is approaching, and express delivery has also entered the "Spring Festival mode". A few days ago, according to a "2023 Shentong "New Year Not Closed" Policy Notice", in order to ensure the smooth parcel link during the New Year, Shentong will send express shipments to the whole network from January 19~26, the weight of the express is within 1 kg, and the original price will be increased by 1.5 yuan / ticket; If the weight of the express shipment is more than 1 kg, in addition to the price increase of the first weight, the continuation weight will be charged 0.5 yuan per kilogram on the basis of the original price.
Some merchants posted YTO Express's "2023 Spring Festival Logistics Arrangement" showing that since January 9, 2023, due to the suspension of third-party logistics lines, migrant workers have returned to their hometowns for the Spring Festival, and the operation fee will be adjusted from now on, such as: goods weighing 0~1 kg, the adjustment standard is +0.5 yuan / ticket on the basis of the original price.
SF also previously said that in order to make scientific and reasonable scheduling and matching of express shipments and resources, dynamically adjust some service charging standards: during the Spring Festival holiday from January 21 ~ January 27, 2023, SF will charge a resource adjustment fee for delivery services. From December 21, 2022 ~ January 20, 2023, a resource adjustment fee of 0.2 yuan/kg~0.5 yuan/kg will be charged for products such as SF Card Airlines and products larger than (including) 20kg. "Due to factors such as limited resource allocation and extreme weather changes during the festival, the timeliness of express shipments sent to all parts of the country may be affected to varying degrees."
During the Spring Festival holiday in 2021, for the first time, "Tongda" express delivery companies collectively "did not close" on a large scale and carried out normal dispatch nationwide. At that time, some express delivery companies provided the guidance price of express delivery services during the Spring Festival holiday, which put forward the maximum limit on the increase. At the end of 2022, a number of express delivery companies have officially announced that "the Spring Festival will not close", and ZTO and Yunda both said that they will provide "Spring Festival non-stop service" on January 19 (the 28th day of the lunar month) / January 20 (the 29th day of the lunar month) ~ January 25 (the fourth day of the first lunar month), and provide normal express services on the rest of the days. Except for remote areas, all countries provide dispatch services normally, covering more than 300 major cities in the country.
According to Xu Chengguang, deputy head of the Spring Festival work team and vice minister of the Ministry of Transport, the peak of the epidemic epidemic in this year's Spring Festival is coming one after another, and the transportation demand for all kinds of medical epidemic prevention materials, holiday living materials and energy, food and other key materials this winter and next spring will increase greatly, especially the logistics and distribution foundation in small and medium-sized cities and rural areas is relatively weak, coupled with front-line practitioners returning to their hometowns and possible large-scale infections, there are insufficient personnel on duty, and there may be poor terminal distribution problems in local areas. Coordinating the Spring Festival passenger transport service and ensuring the smooth operation of transportation logistics is facing greater pressure.
Logistics express meets the peak. Xinhua photo
Some express company employees told Nandu reporters frankly that because the vast majority of couriers are in other places, this year's New Year is early, the Spring Festival homecoming tide often brings short-term employment pressure to express delivery companies, due to the long logistics service chain, many links, this pressure is not only reflected in the end delivery, but also in transit, transportation, warehousing and other links, resulting in rising operating costs, so the price may also be adjusted accordingly. Considering that the rework after the holiday needs to ensure that the personnel of each outlet arrive at work on schedule and the logistics are dispatched normally, enterprises will consciously motivate front-line salesmen to be on duty during the holiday in advance to ensure the needs of the Spring Festival collection and dispatch, as a guarantee for service during the holiday transition period.
According to Wu Xun, the person in charge of Shentong Express's "Spring Festival Non-Closed" project and general manager of the terminal development department, the company has set up a special guarantee group for the Spring Festival non-closing from the headquarters to the province and region, coordinated the allocation of the whole network resources, docked with major mainstream e-commerce platforms such as "Taopin Ji Kuai", formulated specific plans for different regions, and carried out special optimization in terms of operation network, routing planning, market customer service, etc., so as to continue to provide 365 days of continuous uninterrupted service for merchants and consumers.
SF also told Nandu reporters that in order to further reserve pre-holiday manpower, SF is recruiting personnel nationwide, combined with flexible resource allocation supplements, to ensure that front-line couriers are on duty every day before the Spring Festival, matching manpower and material resources according to different business volumes in various places. In terms of manpower security, a special incentive package for the Spring Festival has been set up with more than 200 million yuan, and the company will invest nearly 200 million yuan to provide energy supplies for site guards such as outlets and transit yards.
On January 9, Cainiao Wrapped announced that it would continue to be closed during the Spring Festival. From January 14 ~ January 27 (from the twenty-third day of the lunar month to the sixth day of the first lunar month), consumers can place orders and send express delivery in 103 cities across the country, and Cainiao Wrap will continue to provide door-to-door collection services. During the period, Cainiao Wrap will increase subsidies and will not increase the price of consumer users to send express delivery during the Spring Festival. For cooperative outlets, Cainiao Wrap will also launch tens of millions of incentive measures during the "Spring Festival without closing".
Written by: Nandu reporter Fu Xiaoling