Improving Storage Efficiency and Rationalizing Transport Operations
First written in FY2016-Q2. 14 of 30 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2016. Latest entry: 2026-07-03.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Worsened".
- 2026-07-03WorsenedEarnings
「In terms of profit, although higher revenue increased profit, profit fell below the previous year due to increases in transportation and warehousing costs, personnel expenses, and other costs.」
In the joint logistics business, profit fell below the previous year due to increases in transportation and warehousing costs and personnel expenses. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Despite higher transport and warehouse costs, profit exceeded the prior-year level due to profit growth from higher revenue and cost improvements.」
Despite higher transport and warehouse costs, operating profit in the joint logistics business was ¥2,964 million, up 15.9% from the prior fiscal year, due to higher revenue and cost improvements. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Despite higher transport and warehouse costs, profit exceeded the prior-year level due to profit growth from higher revenue and cost improvements.」
Despite higher transport and warehouse costs, operating profit in the joint logistics business increased 18.4% year on year due to higher revenue and cost improvements. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating profit exceeded the prior-year level due to profit growth from higher revenue and progress on initiatives to charge appropriate rates and improve costs in response to higher diesel, electricity, warehouse, transport and labor costs.」
Progress on initiatives to charge appropriate rates and improve costs in response to higher diesel, electricity, warehouse, transport and labor costs resulted in higher consolidated operating profit. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, despite progress on transport and warehouse efficiency improvements and initiatives to charge appropriate rates, profit fell below the prior-year level due to lower profit resulting from the decline in revenue and higher electricity, transport and warehouse costs.」
Continued progress on transport and warehouse efficiency improvements and initiatives to charge appropriate rates is stated, but profit in the joint logistics business fell below the prior-year level due to higher costs and other factors. - FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, despite progress on transport and warehouse efficiency improvements and initiatives to charge appropriate rates, profit fell below the prior-year level due to lower profit resulting from the decline in revenue and higher electricity, transport and warehouse costs.」
Continued progress on transport and warehouse efficiency improvements and initiatives to charge appropriate rates is stated, but profit in the joint logistics business fell below the prior-year level due to lower revenue and higher electricity, transport and warehouse costs. - FY2023-Q1Segment profit declined despite progress on efficiency improvements and initiatives to charge appropriate ratesAnnual report
「In terms of profit, despite progress on transport and warehouse efficiency improvements and initiatives to charge appropriate rates, profit fell below the prior-year level due to lower profit resulting from the decline in revenue and higher electricity and labor costs.」
Progress was made on transport and warehouse efficiency improvements and initiatives to charge appropriate rates, but profit in the joint logistics business fell below the prior-year level due to lower revenue and higher electricity and labor costs. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, despite higher fuel, labor and other costs, profit exceeded the prior-year level due to progress on transport and warehouse efficiency improvements and initiatives to charge appropriate rates. As a result, operating revenue was ¥126,114 million, down 0.1% year on year, and operating profit was ¥1,659 million, up 4.3%.」
Progress on transport and warehouse efficiency improvements and initiatives to charge appropriate rates in response to higher fuel and labor costs resulted in a 4.3% increase in operating profit in the joint logistics business from the prior fiscal year. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, despite higher fuel, labor and other costs, profit exceeded the prior-year level due to progress on transport and warehouse efficiency improvements and initiatives to charge appropriate rates. As a result, operating revenue was ¥94,384 million, down 0.3% year on year, and operating profit was ¥1,112 million, up 4.9%.」
Progress on transport and warehouse efficiency improvements in response to higher fuel and labor costs resulted in a 4.9% year-on-year increase in operating profit in the joint logistics business. - FY2022-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, despite higher fuel, labor and other costs, profit exceeded the prior-year level due to progress on transport and warehouse efficiency improvements and initiatives to charge appropriate rates. As a result, joint logistics revenue was ¥30,761 million, down 0.8% year on year, and operating profit was ¥94 million, compared with an operating loss of ¥83 million in the prior year.」
Progress on transport and warehouse efficiency improvements and initiatives to charge appropriate rates offset higher fuel and labor costs, improving the joint logistics business from an operating loss in the prior year to operating profit of ¥94 million. - FY2021-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, despite lower profit resulting from the decline in revenue, progress on cost improvements and collecting appropriate rates resulted in profit exceeding the prior-year level. As a result, joint logistics revenue was ¥94,642 million, down 1.0% year on year, and operating profit was ¥1,060 million, up 546.8%.」
Progress on cost improvements and collecting appropriate rates resulted in a 546.8% year-on-year increase in operating profit in the joint logistics business. - FY2021-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, despite lower profit resulting from the decline in revenue, progress on cost improvements and collecting appropriate rates resulted in profit exceeding the prior-year level.」
In the joint logistics business, progress on collecting appropriate rates and improving costs improved operating profit from an operating loss of ¥48 million in the prior year to ¥504 million. - FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, the company worked to collect appropriate rates and improve costs, but profit fell below the prior-year level due to lower shipment volumes and other factors.」
The company continues to collect appropriate rates and improve costs, but profit fell below the prior-year level as these measures failed to offset the decline in shipment volumes. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, the company worked to collect appropriate rates and improve costs, but recorded a loss due to lower shipment volumes, particularly of food products for commercial use, and the front-loaded investment in labor-saving equipment.」
The company continues to collect appropriate rates and streamline transport operations, but the joint logistics business recorded a loss due to lower shipment volumes and front-loaded investment in labor-saving equipment. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, in addition to profit growth from higher operating revenue, progress was made on collecting appropriate rates and streamlining transport operations, but profit fell below the prior-year level due to higher labor costs and the front-loaded investment in labor-saving equipment.」
Progress on collecting appropriate rates and streamlining transport operations is stated, but profit in joint logistics fell below the prior-year level due to higher labor costs and front-loaded investment in labor-saving equipment. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, in addition to profit growth from the expansion of new and existing business, progress was made on collecting appropriate rates and streamlining transport operations, but the business was affected by higher labor costs, operating expenses for future business expansion and new center start-up costs.」
Continued progress on collecting appropriate rates and streamlining transport operations is stated, along with the impact of higher costs. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, in addition to profit growth from the expansion of new and existing business, progress was made on collecting appropriate rates and streamlining transport operations, but the business was affected by higher labor costs, operating expenses for future business expansion and new center start-up costs.」
Continued progress on collecting appropriate rates and streamlining transport operations is stated, along with the impact of higher labor costs, operating expenses and new center start-up costs. - FY2019-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, in addition to profit growth from the expansion of new and existing business, progress was made on collecting appropriate rates and streamlining transport operations, but the business was affected by higher labor costs and operating expenses for future business expansion.」
Progress on collecting appropriate rates and streamlining transport operations is stated. Operating profit in joint logistics declined, while operating profit in dedicated logistics increased 15.7% year on year as streamlining of transport operations progressed. - FY2019-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to profit growth from the expansion of new and existing business, progress was made on streamlining transport operations and improving storage efficiency.」
Progress on streamlining transport operations and improving storage efficiency is stated as contributing to higher operating profit in the joint and dedicated logistics businesses. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「Despite progress on streamlining transport operations and improving storage efficiency, profit declined due to lower profit from the decline in existing transactions and the impact of higher transport costs and fuel procurement unit prices.」
Progress was made on streamlining transport operations and improving storage efficiency, but profit in the joint logistics business declined due to higher costs. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Although profit benefited from higher operating revenue and progress in streamlining transport operations and improving storage efficiency, transport costs and fuel procurement costs increased, resulting in lower profit.」
Progress was made on streamlining transport operations and improving storage efficiency, but overall profit declined due to higher transport and fuel procurement costs. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, despite profit growth from higher operating revenue and progress on streamlining transport operations and improving storage efficiency, profit declined due to higher transport costs and fuel procurement costs.」
Progress was made on streamlining transport operations and improving storage efficiency, but overall profit declined due to higher transport and fuel procurement costs. No new completed or achieved initiatives are stated. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, despite profit growth from higher operating revenue and progress on streamlining transport operations and improving storage efficiency, profit declined due to higher transport costs, labor costs and fuel procurement costs.」
Progress was made on streamlining transport operations and improving storage efficiency, but overall profit declined due to factors driving higher costs. No new completed or achieved initiatives are stated. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「On the profit side, although fuel procurement costs and labor costs associated with personnel additions increased, profit increased as the rise in profit from new business and expanded areas was supplemented by progress in rationalizing and improving transportation operations and improving storage efficiency.」
Progress on streamlining transport operations and improving storage efficiency resulted in consolidated operating profit increasing 1.1% from the prior fiscal year despite factors driving higher costs. - FY2017-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, despite higher transport costs and personnel and other expenses associated with new locations, profit increased due to profit growth from the expansion of new business and business areas, together with progress on streamlining transport operations and improving storage efficiency.」
Progress on streamlining transport operations and improving storage efficiency resulted in consolidated operating profit increasing 7.7% year on year despite factors driving higher costs. - FY2017-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, despite higher transport costs and personnel and other expenses associated with new locations, profit increased due to profit growth from the expansion of new business and business areas, together with progress on streamlining transport operations and improving storage efficiency.」
Progress on streamlining transport operations and improving storage efficiency resulted in consolidated operating profit increasing 11.9% year on year despite factors driving higher costs. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, despite profit growth from the expansion of new business and business areas and progress on streamlining transport operations and improving storage efficiency, profit declined due to higher transport costs and increased personnel and other expenses associated with new locations.」
Progress on streamlining transport operations and improving storage efficiency continues to be cited, but overall profit declined due to higher transport costs and costs associated with new locations. - FY2016AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, despite the impact of lower profit resulting from the decline in operating revenue, profit increased due to profit growth from the expansion of new business and business areas, together with progress on storage efficiency improvements and streamlining of transport operations.」
Progress on storage efficiency improvements and streamlining of transport operations contributed to higher profit, with consolidated operating profit increasing 20.3% year on year to ¥4,841 million. - FY2016-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, despite the impact of higher costs associated with restructuring and start-up activities, profit increased due to profit growth from higher operating revenue and progress on reducing transport costs. As a result, dedicated logistics revenue was ¥34,184 million, an increase of ¥1,620 million, or 5.0%, from the same period of the prior year, and operating profit was ¥1,381 million, an increase of ¥383 million, or 38.5%.」
Progress on reducing transport costs and the resulting increase in profit are stated with specific figures. The previous focus on improving storage efficiency and streamlining operations remains unchanged. - FY2016-Q2First statedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, profit growth from the expansion of new business and business areas, together with progress on storage efficiency improvements and streamlining of transport operations, resulted in higher profit.」
The company cites improved storage efficiency and streamlined transport operations as measures to improve profit.