Study On Optimization Of The Logistics Distribution Of Fresh Agricultural Products In A Company

The city of Maoming,which is the key construction object of the characteristic modern agricultural base of Guangdong province,has been committed to promoting its agricultural construction with large-scale,industrialization,information,and standardization.However,the development and sales of agricultural are easily disengaged,which result in poor product sales for producers,as well as inaccessible purchase of quality and cheap products for customers.Agricultural Cooperatives and Community Butt(ACCB),which play an significant role in the simultaneous development of agriculture and consumer market,is a direct circulation mode of fresh agricultural products which connected farmers and consumers.This mode build an effective bridge between the farmers and consumers,which is definitely an overall optimization and upgrading for agricultural supply chain.The operation of China's ACCB is still in the initial and preliminary exploration stage,and there is no mature theoretical support,as well as mature practice as a reference.Therefore,developing ACCB in Maoming,is a bold attempt which closely followed the national policy and era development.There are several problems which should be solved immediately at the present stage of the logistics distribution mode of ACCB in Maoming,including the defective logistics system,high distribution costs,and backward distribution service.For those perishable,highly delivery timeliness requirement fresh agricultural products,the loss during the distribution process is up to 25%.This phenomenon not only increased the cost of logistics and distribution,but also a waste of resources.Therefore,it is necessary to improve the logistics distribution mode of ACCB,which includes distribution efficiency,distribution cost,and distribution service,by referring to the scientific logistics and distribution theory and the advanced optimization method.This paper use A company as the research object.A company,which mainly professionally engaged in goods logistics and distribution between farmers and consumers,is an initially exploration enterprise developing ACCB logistics distribution mode for fresh agricultural products in Maoming.Although A company bringing convenience and benefits to agricultural cooperatives and citizens,but there are still several problems needed to be solved.In this paper,according to the current situation of logistics distribution of fresh agricultural products in A company,we first analysed the problems that exist in the present stage by using field research and theoretical research methods.We mainly focus on three key distribution parts: logistics and distribution center,logistics and distribution route,and logistics and distribution technology.Then we analysed its unreasonable selection between the logistics and distribution center and its route,as well as the problem of poor distribution technology and poor construction of information platforms.After that,a two-layer logistics distribution optimization model was built for existing logistics distribution problems.This model use Minimum Transportation Cost and Shortest Path as its objective functions respectively,by selecting a better logistics and distribution center and optimizing the logistics and distribution route,to reduce the distribution cost,as well as cargo damage during the distribution,and improve its performance.Finally,this paper use A company as an example to verify the validity and the practicability of our model.In conclusion,this paper built a two-layer logistics distribution optimization model,according to the actual condition of Maoming and the present situation and characteristics of A company.The result demonstrated that: our model can improve the problems A company met in the logistics distribution,and effectively improve distribution efficiency,reduce distribution cost,and improve delivery service.Also,our model can provide a valuable reference for other relevant companies.