As an important link between production, marketing and consumption, the efficient and cost-effective operation of tobacco logistics directly relates to the overall competitive power of the industry. At present, deep exploration of the full chain potential of logistics and the challenge of deciphering the costs of regulation have been the subject of joint exploration by industry units。
In recent days, journalists have visited the guangdong tobacco authority (company), the zhejiang province tobacco authority (company) and the jiangsu tobacco industry limited liability company logistics operations site, and have found that they are based on their own realityNetwork optimizationMultiple dimensions, such as intellectual upgrading and greening, have worked well to launch a series of practical initiatives that are steadily moving forward on the path of reducing logistical efficiency, building on lessons learned and replicable practice and creating a distinct and complementary development landscape. The three approaches are focused and complementary, mapping out a new picture of the efficiency gains of a chain-wide, multi-dimensional, stereo-based logistics。
How can logistics resources be scientifically deployed to address the challenges of back-to-back transport and transit
Strengthen integrated and optimized logistics networks so that goods do not run “in vain”。
The scientific soundness of the layout of logistics networks directly determines transport costs and distribution efficiency. To solve the challenges of back-to-back transport, cumbersome transit and redundancies, three tobacco enterprises have been able to make logistics work more efficiently by optimizing network layout, integrating distribution lines and promoting a clustering model。
Jiangsu
Access to the logistics distribution centres of the guangdong tobacco business system brought to light an integrated logistics network system across the province. The guangdong provincial bureau (company) is committed to the idea of “one game” and is fully committed to building a modern logistics network of “hub + terminals”, with the completion of one regional logistics centre, 17 local city distribution centres and 39 logistics transit sites by the end of the fourteenth quinquennium。
At the kandong regional logistics distribution centre, the staff member, yang bell, introduced the journalist: “the regional resources have been fully mobilized since april 2025, when integrated logistics operations took place. Since their integrated operation, they have streamlined 7 distribution lines, promoted 11 line direct trans-municipal transport, reduced the number of logistics practitioners by 162, accompanied by the refinement of 16 operational management systems, and addressed the problems of past layers of transit and route reversal。
The robots conduct ground patrols along cruise routes at the zhang city department (company) logistics park。
By the end of 2025, the department of guangdong continued to upgrade its logistics infrastructure. By the end of 2025, the department's tobacco business system had 18 logistics warehouses, 72 separation lines, and the storage and separation capacity had been expanded, together with the continuous optimization of the different types of smoke-scailing equipment at the local level。
How can we move beyond traditional management models and continuously improve the quality of logistics operations
Strengthen technology empowerment, expand smart applications and allow management to say goodbye to “empiricals”。
On 4 june, at the iqc of the distribution centre of the zhejiang ningbo city department (company), the integrated dispatcher, after logging on the zhejiang tobacco intelligence logistics platform, selected the dispatch list by clicking on the one-key stand-off function and automatically generated and delivered antenatal programme。
“the sorting of the production scenes, the precise matching of capacity and tasks, and the more balanced operation of the production lines” said dai chi。
This is a vivid picture of the construction of intelligent logistics in zhejiang province. Based on process optimization, the zhejiang provincial authority (company) focuses on pains such as dispatch distribution, cost control, continuous upgrading of the intelligent logistics platform and fine-tuning of management。
Zhejiang province bureau (company)
Sixty-seven platform functional upgrades were completed to optimize distribution lines through the integration of smart algorithms, and multiple redundant routes were streamlined in pilot areas, resulting in an increase of 2. 38 per cent in per capita distribution efficiency。
Integrated planning of specific technical adaptations to differentiate smoke separation panels to minimize the exposure to decomposition capacity bottlenecks。
Deepening the financial integration of industries, combing 169 logistics business processes, building cost forecasting and cost analysis models, and dynamic tracking of cost implementation。
In 2025, the cost of a single box of tobacco business systems across the province decreased by 2. 62 per cent over the same period。
In interviews, journalists found that digital applications had been deeply integrated into all aspects of smoke logistics operations in jiangsu. Using the logic of “plan-driven orders, order-driven execution”, jiangsu smoke promotes synergies across production, storage and industry, moving data from simple documentation tools to the core underpinning of management decisions. On this basis, the first-line team is at a deep farm site, where standardized re-engineering is carried out on a case-by-case basis for the whole process of entering, in and out of the reservoir, with a total of 61 core business process retrofittings being completed through eight rounds of smoke-smuggling only。
The effects of the various smart applications of smoking in jiangsu
The smart algorithm model is extended to co-production of cigarette return operations, with one-key dispatch automatically generating optimal transport programmes and cumulatively reducing transport traffic by 133 times through multiple loading and consolidation of cargo sources
The storage smart repository system automatically matches the best cargo position and significantly reduces cargo reversal and handling losses。
The nanjing tobacco plant has automated 100 per cent of its smart-loading lines, saving $600,000 annually in human costs. Standard mileage data were upgraded from manual atlas to automatically capture electronic maps, resulting in annual savings of $9 million in freight costs。
Digital and intelligent business model of guangdong province (company)
A smart logistics platform with 858 sub-functions was established, with access to 11 associated systems, such as industrial regulatory projects, warehouse selection, terminal vehicles and campus videos, and data interoperability and business linkages. Currently, the platform delivers nearly 70,000 daily information on retail services, the response time of the service is reduced from 60 minutes to 20 minutes, and the electronic receipt rate for delivery is 100 per cent。
With regard to the application of innovative technologies, the guangdong provincial authority (company) has expanded its “advanced intelligence+logistics” application landscape by conducting a number of ai-based model logistics studies to explore innovative applications such as smart management and flexible work. At the same time, self-research equipment such as land-based smart dispatch, offloading robots, piloting a “space-coherent” 3d distribution model, with multiple smart technology enabling efficiency gains and upgrading all aspects of tobacco logistics intellectualization and modernization。
How can eco-efficiency and operational effectiveness be balanced and move beyond green development
Implementation of the low-carbon concept, deep-seated potential for depletion and energy conservation to create “new values”。
Zhejiang province bureau (company)
Photovoltage shed at the tobacco distribution centre in taizhou。
The logistics parks are fully covered by a series of light panels that turn clean sunlight into green electricity, enabling storage, sorting and distribution processes。
The province-wide commercial tobacco system has 11 logistics photovoltaic projects that are grid-connected and installed over an area of over 24,000 square metres, installed over 4900 kilowatts (kw), installed over 5. 12 million degrees of photovoltaic power in 2025, generated economic benefits of 1. 25 million yuan, and logistics green power usage exceeded 20 per cent。
Building an integrated, provincial and municipal green logistics application, collecting real-time hydropower energy consumption data and achieving effective monitoring and control of carbon emissions, reduced carbon emissions from single-box logistics operations by 9. 88 per cent each year in 2025。
Guangdong provincial authority (company)
Investing in the development of demonstration poles for green parks, enabling a green transformation with optical technology, zhangqing tobacco pioneered the “photo-fill” project, with a single-body capacity of 3. 51 mw at the zengdong regional logistics centre and the highest certification of “one star level” green warehouses for both units。
The construction of a green packaging cycle system has been vigorously advanced, with more than 7. 29 million recycle cigarette packs throughout the year。
Three units in nakayama, yangjiang and yunfang have reduced plastic film through design optimization, parameter adjustments, etc。
Six units, such as the pearl sea and the tobacco cut, have innovatively developed “smart recycling cabinets” and established mechanisms to improve “old for new”, with an annual average of 52. 41 tons of film recovery。
Distribution of pv house space at the guangdong regional cigarette distribution centre。
Jiangsu
Innovative introduction of the “two-way double-carrying” mode of transport, which consolidates 16 transport routes into eight bands, each equipped with two carrier units, providing backup and risk protection。
The introduction of e-tendering has stimulated competitive markets, with up to 60 per cent renewal of transport suppliers. Through precise research into the composition of logistics costs and scientific transport limits, the prices of finished goods and raw materials were reduced by 12 per cent and 11. 68 per cent, respectively, to extract water from sources。
The data show that during the “1455” period, the average transport cost of the cigarette roller boxes in jiangsu was reduced to 56. 59 yuan/boxes, a cumulative decrease of 33. 13 per cent; the cost of the single case logistics was kept at 169 yuan, with the indicator level being the highest in the industry. In 2025, the logistics costs of the guangdong department (company) were as low as 0. 63 per cent, the per capita distribution efficiency was 7. 45 per cent higher than in the previous year, and the industry ranked third to achieve the best in history。
Logistics efficiency reductions do not work for one day, nor do they have a fixed template to follow, and only by operating for long periods of time as well as by adapting innovative modes of operation to local conditions, can they sustain the green and high-quality foundation of physical flow。
