The customer’s overseas factory manufactures products and delivers them to end users globally. We were consulted about the transportation of raw materials from Japan to the factories overseas.

Due to the recent increases in global transportation costs, manufacturing costs were unprofitable with the previous transportation process.

To solve this, reducing transportation costs was an essential issue. So, we were asked to consider alternative means and methods, and propose services able to reduce costs.

Using our local office and local partners, we surveyed the costs of integrated transportation, both the cost of marine transportation and the cost of transportation after arrival at the port, at the port the customer was using and nearby ports.

After the survey, we verified several transport patterns. As a result, we judged that using a different port to the one the customer was using would be effective.

Although the port is a long way from the factory, the total cost can be reduced by integrated transportation. We explained the merits of this process and made our proposal.

The customer adopted the proposal and we were able to start handling with the new transportation process.

The customer was able to reduce transportation costs to about 70% of the conventional process.

With the current soaring marine freight rates, we received high praise and appreciation for our services and efforts, including being able to conduct various on-site and other surveys, our ability to establish the new transportation process, and ultimately, our ability to make a proposal leading to cost reductions.