As one of the first national logistics standardization pilot cities, In compliance with the national policy and i the overall requirement of “The In-depth strategy for the development of Logistics Standardization” proposed by Shanghai Municipal Government, Shanghai took Logistics Standardization as the key program for piloting the comprehensive reform and development of the domestic trade distribution system. To meet the international standards, Shanghai is committed to advancing Pilot Logistics Standardization in all respects with the joint coordination among government, enterprises, schools and associations.
Since its launch, 3.51 million more sets of standardized pallets have been used in Shanghai, two times bigger than that before the pilot. Public operation centers of standardized pallets have been established in nine cities in Yangtze River Delta. Efficiency rate in supply chain and handling increased by 35% and 1 to2 times respectively, labor costs down by 15%, and we saw a 50% reduction in commodity breakage rate due to transporting goods with pallets in the selected enterprises . Standardized pallet recycling system has been basically set up, resulting in the standardization system of the packing for agricultural products in the whole logistics process emerged,improved city logistics service system and a standardized public information service platform.