Logistics and Digital Transformation
ASKUL promise to “deliver orders on the next day” since our founding and we offer our one-stop services where
B-to-B and B-to-C customers are able to purchase diverse types of products. ASKUL’s directly operated
distribution centers that mainly stock frequently ordered products and we deliver those products in just one
box. We utilize AI and technology to improve our productivity in order to solve the problem of a shortage of
workers and we actively promote automation at high level.
Moreover, we developed our original delivery management system “Torakkuru” by utilizing our big data tha we accumulated within our logistics. “Trakkuru” has beome the key to realize higher productivity and quality of delivery partners who cover the last mile of ASKUL’s logistics system.
3 Strengths
1.ASKUL’s Logistics Platform: Enabling Same-Day and Next-Day Deliveries
To enable same-day and next-day deliveries to customers across Japan, the ASKUL Group operates 10
distribution centers in urban areas nationwide. Also, roughly 70% of parcels are delivered through the
Company’s own distribution management system.
Having built a digital network, ASKUL operates a procurement system that prevents shortages of items by sharing inventory data among distribution centers and flexibly stocking up inventories by using external warehouses close to its distribution centers. Furthermore, in order to deliver products in just one box as much as possible, the Company has created a system that automatically changes the distribution centers from which products are shipped out depending on the state of inventories.
Distribution Centers
Only B-to-B business
B-to-B and B-to-C businesses
Only B-to-C business
Pre-handling and third-party logistics business
2.Distribution Centers that Automated at High Level
Receipt
Suppliers withdraw their products at ASKUL’s distribution centers.
Pallet transport AGV
Pallets full of incoming products are transported to the intake facility of the automated warehouse, increasing work efficiency by reducing the need for workers.
Shelving and Storage
Efficiently store the received products as stock.
Automated storage
Products can be stored up to the height of the ceiling, maximizing storage density.
Picking
Based on the orders by customers, picking the ordered products from the stock of the distribution centers.
GTP system
This picking (goods-to-person) system transports products to the location of workers.
Combining Goods (sorting)
We sort the Oricon, foldable containers filled with products collected at multiple places, to the packaging area by order units.
Outbound shuttle system for group retrieval and retrieval in permutations
This shuttle system picks up products on multiple routes and moves them to packaging stations based on individual orders.
Packaging
We pack the ordered products into boxes and paper bags.
8 Height adjustment and sealing machine
Packaging equipment folds and lids cardboard boxes in order to minimize the sizes of boxes to fit the merchandise.
Shipment/ Primary Sorting by Direction
We sort packed packages by delivery directions and ship them.
Sorters and sorting systems
Sorters are controlled by systems to divide products by their outgoing direction and delivery carrier.
3.Group Company Operated E-Commerce Logistics
To enable same-day and next-day deliveries to customers across Japan, the ASKUL Group operates 10
distribution centers in urban areas nationwide.
In addition, we began providing this system to delivery partners who cover the last mile of ASKUL’s logistics system, reducing workloads and improving the level of delivery services.
Trakkuru is now used by roughly 70% of parcels, delivered through the Company’s own distribution management system.
ASKUL Logistics Video
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