Overview
Founded in 1965, Yunnan Construction Investment Logistics is the supply-chain service company of Yunnan Construction Investment Holding Group, integrating trade, logistics, e-commerce, supply chain finance and information services. It is a national 5A comprehensive logistics enterprise and was designated by the Yunnan provincial government as a key leading logistics enterprise in the 13th Five-Year Plan. As the group's centralized procurement platform, it handles construction materials procurement together with transport, warehousing, loading and distribution, and is now building a cross-border supply chain system toward South and Southeast Asia.
Challenges
Systems Slow to Respond to Diversified Business
As business segments grew and business forms diversified, overlapping function blocks across system modules made the platforms respond slowly to new requirements.
Long Development Cycles and Repeated Investment
Each new business form demanded its own build, extending delivery cycles and duplicating construction cost across platforms.
Many Transport Modes and Warehouse Types to Cover
The platform had to support road, rail, air, river and sea transport, and warehouses ranging from general and bulk-cargo facilities to cold storage and digital general-cargo warehouses.
Southeast Asia Cross-border Demands
Serving Southeast Asia required a platform that could handle cross-border transport and multimodal operations, not only domestic construction-materials flows.
"One logistics middle platform now supports road, rail, air, river and sea transport and every warehouse type, so new business forms can be answered quickly instead of rebuilt system by system."
Case article summary
Based on the Yunnan Construction Investment Logistics article; not a direct customer quotation
Solution
One Logistics Middle Platform
Deep Insights TMS Cloud sits at the core of the logistics middle platform, serving existing and future businesses — e-commerce trade, modern decoration, comprehensive logistics, construction-industry supply chain and international supply chain services — from one shared capability base.
- Shared transport capabilities across business lines
- Fast response to new business forms
- Platform for e-commerce and trade integration
Multi-mode Transport Support
The platform supports road, rail, air, river and sea transport services, so each business form books and tracks movements through one system.
- Road, rail, air, river and sea transport
- Multimodal transport bookings
- Unified shipment tracking
Warehousing and Distribution Scenarios
Transport planning connects with the group's warehousing services across general, bulk-cargo, cold-chain and digital warehouses, covering city distribution, express, general cargo, hazmat, oversized, cold-chain, cross-border and multimodal operations.
- General, bulk, cold-chain and digital warehouses
- City distribution and express logistics
- Hazmat, oversized and cross-border transport
Cross-border Supply Chain Corridors
The platform underpins the cross-border road trunk corridors linking Yunnan with Southeast Asia and connects with customs and related authorities toward a cross-border service platform combining trade, logistics and payment.
- Cross-border road trunk corridors
- Customs and authority collaboration
- Trade, logistics and payment services
Results
One Platform, Many Businesses
The logistics middle platform carries multiple business forms without duplicated system builds, so new services launch on shared capabilities instead of new projects.
Fast Response to New Business
Diversified business forms are met with quick configuration on one platform, shortening development cycles and reducing repeated construction investment.
Multi-mode, Cross-border Coverage
Five transport modes and eight business forms run on one system, giving the Southeast Asia cross-border supply chain a single execution base.
Supply Chain Ecosystem Growth
Shared platform capabilities support the six professional segments — building materials, modern decoration, fresh food, energy, comprehensive logistics and supply chain finance — feeding the diversified business ecosystem.
Key Takeaways
- Deep Insights TMS Cloud is the transport core of the group's logistics middle platform under the 'one chain, two markets, one platform, N industries' strategy
- The platform covers five transport modes and business forms from city distribution and express to hazmat, cold chain, cross-border and multimodal transport
- Overseas subsidiaries in Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand are being established to open cross-border road trunk corridors
- Overseas warehouses and bonded logistics parks are being advanced on overseas group resources, including the Saysettha development zone in Vientiane, Laos
- The Kyaukpyu port industrial park has not started construction and remains in business negotiation, and phase-two platforms — e-mall, vehicle-cargo matching, warehousing, retail and payment — are still being rolled out
