Reducing Delivery Costs by Changing Shipping Methods

「Although the Group and KOKUYO SUPPLY LOGISTICS CO., LTD. operate in different industries, they face the common challenges of improving weekday vehicle utilization and optimizing resources. To address these challenges, we decided to implement joint delivery operations in Osaka City. This initiative should also help resolve logistics issues, including the driver shortage referred to as the “2024 problem,” and will contribute to reducing CO2 emissions by cutting the number of delivery vehicles by approximately 2,000 per year.」

「Although increases in personnel expenses, sales promotion expenses and other costs have been factors weighing on the Group’s profit, we worked to reduce various expenses, including by improving the efficiency of customer acquisition costs, reducing manufacturing costs through higher operating rates at each plant, and stabilizing delivery costs through the development of a logistics network.」

「We worked to reduce various expenses through more efficient customer acquisition costs, lower manufacturing costs resulting from higher utilization rates of plant equipment, and the development of a logistics network that contributes to stable logistics costs.」

「While responding to changes in social conditions, we aim to diversify our business partners, improve the efficiency of our home-delivered water production system, including by reducing raw-material usage, and develop an efficient delivery network for our products.」

「With regard to operating profit, increases in personnel expenses resulting from expanding the workforce as a growth investment and increases in customer acquisition costs continue to weigh on profit. However, operating profit improved significantly in the second-quarter consolidated accounting period through cost reviews and controls on logistics costs,」

「With regard to operating profit, we worked to reduce manufacturing costs by improving operating rates at each plant as the number of customers served increased and to control logistics costs, but」

「Operating profit was ¥6,067 million, up 23.8% year on year, due to lower manufacturing costs resulting from higher utilization rates at each plant as the number of customers served increased, as well as controls on logistics costs and other measures.」

「Operating profit was ¥3,741 million, up 27.6% year on year, due to lower manufacturing costs resulting from higher utilization rates at each plant as the number of customers served increased, as well as controls on logistics costs and other measures.」

「Although increases in logistics and sales promotion expenses have been factors weighing on the Group’s profit, we worked to reduce manufacturing costs by improving operating rates at each plant and to reduce various expenses by developing a logistics network that would help stabilize logistics costs.」

「Operating profit was ¥2,932 million, up 37.8% year on year, due to lower manufacturing costs resulting from higher utilization rates at each plant as the number of customers served increased, as well as controls on logistics costs.」

「Through controls on logistics costs, among other measures,」

「Through lower raw-material procurement prices, reduced manufacturing costs resulting from higher operating rates at each plant as the number of customers served increased, and controls on logistics costs, among other measures,」

「We worked to reduce various expenses by developing a logistics network that would help stabilize logistics costs and through other measures.」

「We worked to reduce various costs by promoting the development of a logistics network that would help stabilize logistics costs and by changing product shipping methods, among other measures.」

「We worked to reduce various costs by promoting the development of a logistics network that would help stabilize logistics costs and by changing product shipping methods, among other measures.」

「While reducing manufacturing costs by improving the utilization rates of PET bottle production plants, we also worked to reduce distribution and other costs by changing shipping methods and through other measures.」

「While achieving lower manufacturing costs through in-house PET bottle production, we have also worked to reduce delivery costs by changing how products are shipped.」

「While achieving lower manufacturing costs through in-house PET bottle production, we have also worked to reduce delivery costs by changing how products are shipped.」

「While achieving lower manufacturing costs through in-house PET bottle production, we have also worked to reduce delivery costs by changing how products are shipped.」

「We have worked to reduce costs by reviewing shipping methods, developing new delivery networks in smaller geographic areas and cutting material costs through the full-scale operation of our Nishikatsura Plant.」

「We have worked to reduce delivery costs by changing our shipping methods and through other measures.」