This year’s Black Friday on 24 November played witness to JD Logistics’ 70 percent surge in overseas outbound orders, thanks in large part to the implementation of automation technology and advanced AI algorithms.

These tools have been instrumental in helping forecast sales and prepare inventory. During Black Friday, JD Logistics’ forecasting accuracy rate exceeded 95 percent, and playing a crucial role was the company’s own international warehouse management system (iWMS).

This cutting-edge system enables vendors to manage a large number of SKUs and allocate products to warehouses closest to consumers in advance. With this kind of foresight, order fulfilment times are cut from 7 to just 2-3 days in overseas markets.

JD Logistics’ tech connects international warehouses across Europe, North America, and other regions, where the company has deployed nearly one thousand pieces of automation equipment, including automated guided vehicles or AGVs, container transport units, sorting robots, and sorting conveyor equipment.

On the merchant front, JD Logistics has developed an international order fulfillment platform (iFOP), which allows vendors to connect with major e-commerce marketplaces and independent sites with one click, facilitating the fulfillment of orders from various channels through an integrated inventory system.

Addressing the challenges in after-sales and reverse supply chain logistics, JD Logistics has also established multiple reverse maintenance centers in Europe and North America, providing services such as acceptance inspection, refurbishment, and environmentally friendly disposal.