Tag: Japan

Sagawa Express Begins Using Bio-fuels for Pickup/Delivery Trucks

Posted by | Jul 23, 2007 | |

Sagawa Express Co, Ltd., a member of the SG Holdings Group, conducts trial use of “bio-natural gas” in natural gas vehicles, while also commencing use of “biogasoline” in cargo minivans (gasoline-fueled), with the aim of reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from its pickup/delivery trucks.

The Kobe municipal government, together with a private company, co-developed a device to purify digestion gas from sewage treatment, using a high-pressure water absorption method, and to use resulting “bio-natural gas” with a methane level of over 98 pct. The municipal government has been conducting demonstration experiments since 2006, with such public vehicles as city buses and garbage trucks.

In May 2003, Sagawa Express became the first Japanese company– and the world’s only logistics company– to join the Climate Savers Programme, a global warming prevention program run by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Under this program, the company aims at reducing total CO2 emissions from our business activities at a rate of 6 pct by year 2012, in comparison with the base year of 2002.

As a means of achieving this goal, the company has established a plan to introduce a cumulative total of 7,000 natural gas vehicles by the year 2012; so far we have introduced 3,394 natural gas vehicles– the most such vehicles owned by one Japanese company– and have installed a total of 7 in-house natural gas stations.

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DHL launches Japan’s first 3PL-operated clinical trial logistics hub

Posted by | Jul 23, 2007 | |

DHL announced the launch of Tokyo-based Clinical Trial Logistics Hub following the successful implementation of its first customer, a leading global pharmaceutical company. DHL’s Clinical Trial Logistics Hub is located in Yashio, Shinagawa-ku and has been providing services since May 2007. This hub is the first of its kind in Japan to be operated by a Third Party Logistics (3PL) provider and specifically designed to meet the logistical needs of pharmaceutical companies conducting clinical trials in Japan.

In this logistics hub, DHL Exel Supply Chain offers pharmaceutical companies a clinical trial materials supply chain solution, including warehousing and transport, to streamline track and trace capabilities, enhance quality performance management, and improve operational processes strictly managed under the policies and procedures dictated by the pharmaceutical industry’s Good Clinical Practices (GCP), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and Good Distribution Practices (GDP) standards. The DHL-managed operations can handle clinical trial materials in two temperature zones (temperature: 2-8°C and 15-25°C) with strict controls for adherence to tolerances and automatic alarms and backup procedures and equipment. DHL also offers customized cold-chain packaging to maintain strict temperature tolerances during material dispatch to the investigator.

DHL aims to provide its pharmaceutical customers with improved visibility, control, and quality assurance of its clinical trial materials storage and shipping by leveraging DHL’s global pharmaceutical industry expertise, global distribution network, customs brokerage expertise, local logistics know-how, and information technology (IT) solutions.

DHL Exel Supply Chain is one of the business units in logistics in DPWN Group, operated under DHL Supply Chain Ltd. in Japan. The company currently meets a diverse range of logistics needs using leading-edge design, IT and project management methodologies. Its services enable reduction of cost, inventory and lead time and improvements in customer service through warehouse management, including Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) and service logistics, as well as domestic distribution and transport, reverse logistics, packaging design, disposal, and recycling.

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DHL starts ULD buildup service at Kansai International Airport

Posted by | Jul 18, 2007 | |

DHL launched an air cargo buildup service at Kansai International Airport that achieves speedier delivery of cargo while reducing risk of damage or theft during transit.

The export service, launched last month, is being provided by DHL Global Forwarding — a DHL business unit providing air and ocean freight services— using Frankfurt-bound flights operated by Lufthansa Cargo.

Traditionally, buildup (Bulk Unitization Program, or BUP) operations using unit load devices (ULDs) have been undertaken by airlines at the airport after cargo has been received from forwarders. Recently, however, demand for buildup by forwarders in Japan has been increasing in response to the need to reduce time consumed for cargo transfers at destinations and also to curtail theft and damage during transit.

Until now, DHL Global Forwarding’s ULD buildup (BUP) service was provided only at Narita Cargo Center, where DHL became the first foreign forwarder to receive buildup permission in 2005. Now, for the first time, the company can provide the service at Kansai International Airport. DHL Global Forwarding undertook significant investment in equipment, increasing the number of slave pallets, slave pallet racks, and forklifts to ensure effective program implementation.

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Japan Post begins privatization 'rehearsals' at post offices

Posted by | Jul 14, 2007 | |

Japan Post conducted “rehearsals” Saturday at about 5,500 post offices nationwide to prepare for the planned privatization of the postal system in October, checking operations at counters and customer services that are required when it is split into four business entities and a holding company.

The rehearsals covered two of the four entities — Kampo Life Insurance Co. and a post office over-the-counter services firm, with about 40,000 staff members participating.

“We want to be fully prepared so our customers will be comfortable in using our services after the privatization,” said Michie Nakane, postmaster of a post office in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward.

The post office, located near JR Kinshicho Station, checked over-the-counter services, including money transfers.

Yucho (postal savings) Bank will conduct its rehearsal next Saturday at its 238 branches nationwide and will check its computer system, while a mail service company will later do its own checks.

About 5,900 post offices were initially scheduled to participate in the rehearsals on Saturday, but those in Kagoshima, Miyazaki and Okinawa prefectures canceled the plan because of powerful typhoon Man-yi, which was approaching the Kyushu region.

The rehearsals will run through Aug. 5 at about 20,000 post offices.

Japan Post is set to start a step-by-step 10-year privatization process on Oct. 1.

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