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Production Logistics Services
We support our customers' production activities by providing human resources in and know-how on factory logistics and shipping control. We help to improve the productivity of our customers by carrying out all logistics operations involved in the production from the management of materials and products to the packaging and shipment.
Our service best fits the following customers:
- Customers who want to implement VMI* in warehouse operation and manage the shipping stock in order to increase the cash-flow.
- Customers who are burdened by the man-hours required for the packaging design and management of packaging materials due to the frequent changes in the product forms.
- Customers who deem it necessary to possess a global tracking system due to the large number of exports.
※VMI：Vendor Managed Inventory
Outline of Services
Hitachi Transport System supports production activities such as the following.
- Material Management
- Material storing, inventory management by computer systems, delivery to the production line, delivery to subcontract factories, transportation during manufacturing process, and procurement logistics.
- Packaging Plan
- Review of optimal module size (examination of transportation environment parameters), quality protection review (drop, vibration, handling efficiency and loading height, etc.), selection and designing of packaging materials, study of packaging workability (automation, working efficiency, etc), consideration of carton markings for proper handling, packaging cost review, reducing environmental impacts of the packaging material, checking of contained heavy metals in packaging material.
- Packaging Operations
- Development of operation manual, selection of packaging machine, setting standard time for packaging, control of sub materials for packaging, attachment control (operation manuals, warranty certificates, etc.)
- Product Control
- Logistics center operation, inventory control by computer systems, bar-code control of products, shipping, inventory integration, improvement on material handling and storage facilities, improvement in transportation methods.
- Shipping Control
- Shipping plan based on the production program, delivery date management from shipping to the end users, selection of optimal transportation method, consideration of system delivery, rationalization of logistics by trans-shipping, vehicle operation control by MCA, devisal of jigs for installation and set-up, tracking of products exported overseas.
- Sorting by distribution conveyors
- Distribution within factory by automated carts
- Packaging design to fit the automatic ejection machine of parts
