METI Minister’s Awards
Winners Title of project SEAOS, Inc. Reduction of standby time, productivity Otsuka Warehouse Co. Ltd. improvement and carbon dioxide Seino Holdings Co., Ltd. reduction through the establishment of a truck-berth reservation system
Summary of the project The companies introduced a truck-berth reservation system in which consignors/consignees and transport businesses are able to smoothly access by their smartphones and reserve and change the schedules of unloading. This reservation system contributes to helping drivers and warehouse workers complete their duties in a well-organized manner.
Effects − Reduction of trucks’ standby time contributes to reducing carbon dioxide emissions and improving the productivity of drivers. − Organizing the procedures for unloading in advance improves the labor productivity of warehouse workers.
Allow Staging businesses to Make a reservation for Berth Berth No.2 at 14:00 arrange cargo-based preparation for receiving Complete well- cargoes organized work thanks to the reservation priority system Productivity improvement /Logistics cost optimization Remove standby time Leveling burdens of warehouse work achieved by on-schedule receiving of cargoes METI Director-General for Commerce and Service Industry Policy Awards Title of project Winners Ralse-CGC Japan Mordal-Shift Ralse Corporation Promotion Council CGC Japan Co., Ltd. Japan Freight Railway Company Zenkoku Tsu-un Kabushiki Kaisha
Summary of the project The companies achieved a project for making logistics networks vis ible in transportation of agricultural products by uniting efforts of retailing, wholesale and transportation businesses. In this effort, they promote a modal shift of transportation means and retailers (consignees) choose desirable means for themselves.
Effects − Shifting transportation means from trucks to railways reduces carbon dioxide emissions. − This system improves conventional business practices in the industry.
The companies transport cargoes by ships to Hokkaido Shift to railway transportation and by trucks to other regions Transport fresh onions After project Before starting from Misato City, launch the project Transport by Saitama Prefecture, ships to to Ishikai City, Hokkaido Agricultural Hokkaido Agricultural products products Hokkaido
Destinations Shipment across Japan Shipment Destinations locations locations Transport fresh across Japan across Regions across persimmons Japan other than Japan from Kudoyama Town, Transport by Hokkaido Wakayama Prefecture, trucks to the to Ishikari City, rest of Japan Hokkaido Transport by Food Food ships to Logistics Logistics Hokkaido center center CGC across Japan: CGC across Japan: Logistics Hokkaido, Logistics Hokkaido, Center, Nagoya, Center, Nagoya, Kawagoe Okayama, Kawagoe Okayama, City, Fukuoka, City, Transport CGC-Japan’s Fukuoka, Saitama Kumamoto Saitama private-label products Kumamoto Transport by Prefecture and Prefecture Transport boil-in-bag and trucks to the rest Kagoshima food, beverages, wine Kagoshima of Japan and other products Special Awards of the Green Logistics Partnership Conference
Title of project Winners Model for reducing environmental burden Adastria Co., Ltd. and improving productivity in apparel supply Adastria Logistics Co., Ltd. chains, taking advantage of electronic tags Toshiba Tec Corporation NAXIS Co., Ltd.
Summary of the project The companies engage in a project in which the co mp a nies in Japan and their overseas factories automatically share information on the number of products that have met criteria in the final inspection process by attaching electronic tags to the products at the overseas factories. In this system, the Japanese s ide receives the information and sends information on customers’ stores to their overseas factories. In response, the factories sort products by store. This system allows the Japanese s ide to choose in advance the optimal export channel to customers’ stores.
Effects − Transporting products to the ports closest to destination stores contributes to reducing carbon dioxide emissio ns. − Batch-based reading of electronic tags of products arriving at do mes tic lo gis tic centers contributes to reducing burdens of workers engaging in product inspectio n.
Conventional flow Newly-established flow Batch-based reading of electronic tags Producer country Producer country ⇒ Port of Kobe ⇒ ⇒ ports closest to attached to products distribution center retail stores ⇒ in Kobe ⇒ retail retail stores stores
Tokyo Hakata Os a ka/Kobe Os a ka/Kobe
Total transportation distance across Japan