When NHK conducted a survey of 100 major domestic companies regarding countermeasures for the "2024 problem" in logistics, 79 companies responded that they would "take measures," including their future plans. . There is an increase in the number of cases such as ``reviewing transportation schedules and delivery routes'' and ``joint transportation with other companies,'' which suggests that countermeasures are becoming more widespread.

NHK conducted a survey of 100 major domestic companies from December last year to January this year, and received responses from all companies.



During this session, we asked about the ``2024 problem,'' which concerns the worsening of labor shortages due to stricter regulations on overtime work for truck drivers from April this year.



In the survey, when asked if they were taking measures to address the 2024 problem, 66 companies said they had already taken measures, and 13 companies said they were planning to take measures in the future. A total of 79 companies did so. In addition, 6 companies said they had no plans to take any measures, and 15 companies said they did not respond.



When we asked the 79 companies that had ``implemented measures'' to give multiple answers, 55 companies said they had ``reviewed transportation schedules and delivery routes,'' 38 companies said ``joint transportation with other companies,'' and 38 companies said ``ship transportation, rail, 37 companies said ``Utilize air transportation,'' and 20 companies said ``Pass on increases in shipping costs to products and services.''



When asked about the impact of the 2024 problem on their business activities, 66 companies answered that it would have an impact, and 14 companies said it would not have an impact. In addition, 10 companies said ``I don't know'' and ``No response.''



When we asked the 66 companies that said they would be "affected" about what kind of impact they would have by giving multiple answers,


53 companies answered "profit pressure due to rising delivery costs"


and 30 companies answered "securing carriers".


▽28 companies had "delays in transportation


," 22 companies had "limitations on the amount that can be transported


," and 10 companies had "limitations on delivery distance."



In addition, when asked how they would respond if transport companies asked them to raise freight rates due to the 2024 problem, 45 companies said they would respond to a price increase, 32 companies said they were considering it, and 32 companies said they would respond to a price increase. No companies responded that it would be difficult to respond to such requests.

“2024 problem” measures for each company

The survey of 100 companies shows that there is a growing movement among companies to take measures to address the 2024 problem.



Among these


, Hitachi Construction Machinery is promoting an initiative called "container round use," in which empty containers used by importing companies are continued to be used by exporting companies in order to improve logistics efficiency. .



▽Toshiba Elevator, a subsidiary of Toshiba, has been strengthening its "modal shift" of transport from trucks to rail and ship, and since March of last year it has started using rail containers to transport elevators manufactured at its Tokyo factory. It is transported by train to Osaka.


The company's goal is to increase the modal shift rate to 50%.



▽J.Front Retailing, which is affiliated with Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store, outsources inspection work to other companies when delivering products, but sometimes it is done by truck drivers.


For this reason, in order to prevent long working hours, nighttime inspections have been gradually stopped since November last year.