Transportation and Logistics

In this industry, where labor shortages due to population decline are becoming a serious issue, there is a strong demand for the realization of autonomous driving with AI and IoT and the construction of efficient supply chains. At the same time, the industry is becoming more complex due to the need to address sustainability issues and rising geopolitical risks. It is essential to solve these social and industrial issues in an integrated manner.

Frontline Topics

Self-driving trucks

Technology that utilizes sensors, cameras, AI technology, etc. to grasp road conditions in real time and automatically select routes.

Physical Internet

Applying the concept of the Internet to logistics, this is the ultimate transport efficiency network that shares warehouses, transport methods and routes across industries.

Supply Chain Control Tower

A solution that visualizes the entire supply chain, from upstream to downstream, End-to-End in real time, enabling instantaneous risk detection and simulation.

Logistics and trade distribution platform

An information platform that enables labor saving and food waste reduction by linking traceability data across industries.

Issues

Sustainability

How to respond to the demand for decarbonization and changes in consumer awareness such as ethical consumption, meet societal demands for sustainability, and also benefit of the company.

Logistics Crisis

How to break down logistics-specific practices such as waiting for shipments and maintain and improve costs, service levels, and capacity.

The last mile

How to resolve last-mile issues such as delivery worker shortages and transportation gaps, utilizing the latest technology, such as delivery robots and on-demand transportation.

Geopolitical risks

How to capture changes in the international situation, such as the US-China conflict and the Ukraine crisis, and simultaneously reduce risks by diversifying our procurement sources and reduce costs through centralized purchasing.

Cases

Creating Moving Experiences Using Customer Data

We supported the development of a customer data infrastructure to provide high-quality services at all touchpoints before and after travel. By synergizing with the client's corporate culture, which focuses on the customer perspective, we created moving experiences for customers.

Drone Use Demonstration Experiment

We promoted the development and demonstration of a drone traffic management system. Successfully demonstrated safe long-duration flights to facilitate early logistics and commercial use.

External Sales Strategy for Data Science Technology

Transportation company is planning a new business venture to sell its in-house developed data science technology. We designed the marketing and sales approach for external sales from both methodological and organizational perspectives and provided implementation support.

Fostering a Mindset Change Among Employees to Promote DX

We were fostering a mindset change among employees at a logistics company that was not making significant progress with digital transformation. Through workshops, we helped employees understand the importance of transformation and facilitated the development of quantitative goals and action plans.

Automating Operations at New Logistics Hubs

To bring the new logistics center concept to fruition, we defined the objectives and developed a plan for introducing logistics robots. We then integrated this plan into the digitalization strategy for the new logistics hub.

Logistics Cost Visualization/Management Process Creation

Given the current situation where the factors behind increases in logistics costs were unclear, we formulated the management process to address these issues. We visualized logistics costs through data analysis and estimated potential cost reduction opportunities.