Abstract

Companies that master logistics will win! A 100-day plan for logistics reform that will make a difference by 2030.

Logistics, which has been considered an invisible cost, will become a weapon to increase corporate value! A thorough explanation of logistics management in the age of DX/AI, from procurement and production to sales and marketing, the environment and CSR.

- What is the true nature of logistics challenges?
- How have Walmart and Amazon incorporated logistics into their management strategies and refined their revenue structures?
- What efforts have Daikin Industries, Mitsubishi Foods, Nissin Foods... leaders of logistics reform undertaken?
- What is the 100-day plan for companies working on logistics reform?

This book explains the winning strategy for overcoming the logistics crisis and increasing performance through logistics.

Author’s Information

Taro Sasaki: President and CEO of Hacobu. After graduating from the Faculty of Law at Keio University in 2000, he worked at Accenture and Hakuhodo Consulting before studying for an MBA at the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). After graduating in 2009, he worked at Booz & Company's Cleveland and Tokyo offices, and in business development at Louis Vuitton Japan. In 2011, he founded Glossybox Japan, which achieved monthly profitability within nine months of launch and full-year profitability in its first year (later acquired by iStyle). In 2013, he founded FRESCA, a food curation e-commerce and store. After witnessing the current state of inter-company logistics, he founded Hacobu in 2015 with the aim of revolutionizing logistics. He aims to build a new, sustainable logistics infrastructure. He is a father of four.

Kenji Sato, Executive Officer and Chief Strategy Officer at Hacobu, was appointed Managing Director of the Supply Chain Group at Accenture in 2008, where he led numerous supply chain reform projects. Since 2012, he has served as head of eCommerce SCM, replenishment, logistics and transportation, and BPR (company-wide structural reform) at Walmart Japan/Seiyu. As head of logistics at Walmart Japan/Seiyu, he promoted logistics innovation with leaders and partners in each country before joining Hacobu in 2019. He oversees the logistics digital transformation consulting service "Hacobu Strategy."

Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Hacobu Strategy Director, has been a leader in the transportation and logistics field, having worked as a consultant at Nomura Research Institute for 20 years. He provides comprehensive support, from strategy and planning to implementation, for the realization of sustainable logistics, including the development of government legal systems, logistics collaboration through private-sector collaboration, logistics system restructuring, operational reform, logistics digital transformation, and SCM reform. He will also serve as a part-time lecturer at Sophia University from 2022. Joined Hacobu in 2015.