There are two types of logistics centers in the footwear industry: regional warehouses and central warehouses. The model of the regional warehouse is that the factory sends the shoes and clothes to the regional warehouse, and then the regional warehouse distributes them to various stores. The central warehouse model is equivalent to sending all factory garments to the central warehouse (distribution center), and then from the central warehouse (distribution center) to stores nationwide.

1. Regional warehouse

Regional warehouse is a traditional concept. It used to be affected by transportation, informatization, and local related policy factors. The market was divided by region. Now that the business of enterprises is constantly improving, the efficiency of the distribution center will become the bottleneck of market expansion. It takes a relatively long time to send shoes and clothing from various factories to various regional warehouses and then from various regional warehouses to various stores. Each area of ​​the regional warehouse is basically independent. For footwear companies, it is relatively difficult for the marketing department to grasp the sales of goods in each area and each store and the popular factors of feedback.

2, central warehouse

The central warehouse is to send the shoes and clothes of all factories to the central distribution center, and then to the stores across the country, which is convenient for unified management and unified delivery. Relatively speaking, the central warehouse facilitates the marketing department to grasp the popular factors of various regions and stores, including clothing color numbers, specifications, etc., making it more convenient or more flexible to make replenishment and distribution strategies.

What are the factors that make more and more footwear companies choose to use automated equipment or automated systems in warehousing?

a. Rising land costs
b. Construction costs are also rising;
c. Personnel costs increase, personnel stability decreases, and recruitment becomes more and more difficult. It is difficult for young people in front-line warehousing to work in the same position continuously and for a long time. For enterprises, this is a big hidden cost;
d. The main purpose of choosing automated warehousing is to improve the efficiency and precision of distribution, and to occupy more markets faster and more timely.