Three major convenience stores open demonstration experiment of joint delivery August 16th 16:20
Amid a serious shortage of truck drivers, three major convenience stores, which usually deliver products through their own distribution routes, have begun a demonstration experiment in which they load products on a common truck and jointly deliver them to stores. It was.
This demonstration experiment is being conducted by the private sector think tank distribution economic research institute, Seven-Eleven Japan, FamilyMart and Lawson in collaboration with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry from 1st of this month.
On the 3rd, a demonstration was held at a joint distribution center in Koto Ward, Tokyo, where trucks were loaded with goods and headed for delivery.
In the convenience store industry, each company usually delivers to its stores through its own distribution route, but maintaining the distribution network is an issue due to lack of drivers.
The experiment will be conducted until the 7th of this month, and the products of each company will be collected at the distribution center, loaded together on a common truck, and delivered to 40 stores in Koto Ward.
This is expected to have the effect of reducing the number of trucks by about 30%, so in the future we will verify the effects such as mileage and time, and issues for future practical use. ..
Shunsuke Orikasa, senior researcher at the Research Institute for Distribution Economics, said, “It makes sense for the three competing companies to tackle logistics problems in a coordinated manner. I want to go."