Cost Advantage of Automatic Sorting System: Long-Term Investment with Prominent Cost-Effectiveness Although the initial investment of the automatic sorting system is relatively high, from the perspective of long-term operation, the cost advantage is significant. First, labor cost savings: a medium-efficiency system can replace 20-30 sorting workers. Calculated at a monthly salary of 5,000 yuan for cross-border logistics labor, the annual cost savings are 1.2-1.8 million yuan; second, the reduction of wrong delivery costs: 99.9% accuracy can avoid overseas return and compensation costs caused by wrong delivery, and the cost of a single wrong delivery can be reduced by more than 80%; third, the improvement of warehouse space utilization: the compact layout of the system saves 30% of space compared with the manual sorting area, reducing the rent expenditure of overseas warehouses. For Alibaba International Station merchants, especially sellers with annual orders exceeding 100,000 pieces, the system investment usually can be recovered within 1-2 years, and in the long run, it can significantly improve the profitability and risk resistance of the enterprise.
