Responding to labor shortage with digitalization of Yamato HD Digital investment of 200 billion yen in 4 years
As the labor shortage continues in the logistics industry, Yamato Holdings, a major home delivery company, will invest approximately 200 billion yen in digitizing business and reforming the distribution network in the next four years to improve the efficiency of delivery and sorting operations. Was.
According to the management restructuring plan announced by Yamato Holdings on the 23rd, we will invest approximately 200 billion yen in streamlining operations in the next four years from the new fiscal year.
Specifically, in addition to promoting the introduction of a new system that automatically sets routes so that drivers can deliver on the shortest route, AI can also be used to improve the accuracy of home delivery demand forecasts and allocate an appropriate number of drivers. will do so.
In addition, the distribution center will use robots to sort luggage, for example, to further automate it.
Yamato's increased recruitment to reduce the burden on drivers has led to a challenge in improving operational efficiency, with the interim settlement for the current fiscal year ending in the red.
With the reforms launched this time, the company hopes to double its operating income to more than 120 billion yen in 2023, four years later.
At a press conference, Yamato Holdings President Hiroshi Nagao stated, "We have been working steadily to reduce working hours, but we want to improve services while further reducing digital waste and eliminating unnecessary work at the workplace."