For Companies Troubled by Price Hikes and Supply Instability: Launch of 'Shizai World', a New Direct Procurement Service from Chinese Factories

Made by Japan Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Satoshi Hara, hereafter "the Company") has launched "Shizai World" (https://shizaiworld.com/ ), a direct material procurement service utilizing its Chinese factory network. Against the backdrop of soaring raw material costs, logistics disruptions, and the weak yen, Japanese companies continue to face difficulties in stably procuring necessary materials. Leveraging the factory network built over 20 years of manufacturing in China since its establishment in 2003, the Company aims to achieve both procurement cost reduction and stable supply through direct procurement without trading companies.

Background of Service Launch

Currently, the environment surrounding material procurement for Japanese companies is becoming increasingly severe. Influenced by supply instability and price fluctuations of petrochemical raw materials like naphtha, the impact has spread extensively to plastics, films, and packaging materials. This is compounded by rising energy costs due to instability in the Middle East, soaring container freight rates, rising labor costs/stricter environmental regulations/decreasing number of factories in China, and the progression of the weak yen.

These are not temporary factors but are becoming structural challenges. Even for everyday materials like garbage bags, packaging materials, and gloves, companies express concerns such as "our usual supplier is out of stock," "price hikes from trading companies continue with unclear reasons," and "we don't know who to consult for new suppliers."

Through the operation of the original goods and novelty production service "Hansoku World" (https://www.hansokuworld.com/ ), the Company has accumulated a track record of over 1,000 manufacturing cases across a wide range of materials including plastic, cloth, resin, and metal. "Shizai World" was launched to utilize the strong network with Chinese factories built in this process to solve material procurement challenges.

Service Overview of Shizai World

Shizai World is a service that procures and delivers the materials companies need directly from Chinese factories, utilizing the factory network the Company has built in China over 20 years.

In many material purchases, a multi-layered structure of ordering from a Japanese trading company to a Chinese trading company and then to a factory is common, with margins occurring at each stage. In Shizai World, the Company deals directly with Chinese factories, eliminating this intermediate cost. Furthermore, by optimizing the total cost including raw material costs, labor costs, customs clearance, packaging, and logistics, it realizes a reduction in procurement costs.

Estimates are free and can be presented as early as the next business day. Customers can initially check the quality, price, and delivery time with some products or small lots, allowing them to try a portion without changing their existing suppliers. Through Hansoku World, the Company has already handled material procurement and manufacturing for many companies, applying that know-how to Shizai World.

3 Reasons to Choose Us

1. Procurement Power — Finding and delivering the materials you need
While there are many manufacturing factories in China, the Company has built a network by carefully selecting factories reliable in quality, price, and delivery time from its over 20 years of business relationships. Having its own office and inspection centers in two areas: Zhejiang Province (Yiwu, Wenzhou) and Guangdong Province (Shenzhen, Dongguan), it can handle procurement from large lots to projects requiring high quality. It also holds inventory within Japan, responding to urgent procurement needs.

2. Price — Eliminating multi-layered margins of trading companies
The Company has over 20 years of direct business relations with Chinese factories, preventing multi-layered margins that occur when going through trading companies. In addition to eliminating intermediate costs, it connects to procurement cost reduction by optimizing total costs including raw materials, customs, and logistics. In some cases, a cost reduction of up to 10 to 50% is possible depending on the project.

3. Quality Control — Quality checks to Japanese standards on-site in China
100% inspection is carried out at our own inspection centers in Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces. Furthermore, staff are stationed at factories to check quality from the manufacturing stage. We respond to the anxiety of "worrying about quality because it's made in China" with a quality control system honed over 20 years. We have a track record of business with many companies, including major corporations, minimizing quality troubles.

Supported Categories

Shizai World handles procurement for a wide range of materials, centering on the following categories:

- Food packaging/Film: PE film for food, vacuum pouches, stand pouches, plastic bento containers, takeout containers, etc.
- Bags/Film/Packaging: Commercial garbage bags, poly bags, delivery bags, zipper bags, curing sheets, etc.
- Packaging/Logistics materials: Cushioning materials (bubble wrap), stretch film, plastic pallets, container boxes, etc.
- Hygiene/Consumables: Disposable gloves, pet sheets, wet wipes, paper diapers, etc.
- Daily necessities/Containers: Food storage containers, spray bottles, buckets, storage boxes, etc.
- Pet supplies: