Idea Starts Providing Ship Allocation System to Steel Hub
Idea Co., Ltd. has begun providing a ship allocation system to Steel Hub Co., Ltd. This aims to eliminate inefficiencies from traditional manual input and transcription, thereby improving the efficiency and accuracy of overall ship allocation operations. Future plans include leveraging AI and expanding the system to other companies.
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Idea Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director President CEO: Tomohiro Shimokawabe; hereinafter 'our company'), which operates the maritime industry platform 'Aisea', has started providing a ship allocation system to Steel Hub Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture; Representative Director President: Kazuyuki Higaki; hereinafter 'Steel Hub'). This is expected to eliminate inefficiencies caused by traditional manual input and transcription, thereby improving the efficiency and accuracy of overall ship allocation operations.
■ Development Background
Steel Hub traditionally collected orders from shippers in Excel and manually created ship allocation tables for domestic and international shipping operations. Inputting cargo details and routes to destinations required significant time and effort, and duplicate work occurred when transcribing from allocation tables to management tables and invoices. As a result, input errors and increased workload became major challenges.
■ Overview and Effects of the Ship Allocation System
The newly provided ship allocation system can automatically generate allocation tables simply by importing shipper orders from Excel, and it can seamlessly process related tasks. The main effects are as follows:
Automation and Expedited Ship Allocation Planning: Traditionally, ship allocation tables were created manually in Excel, but with this system, they are automatically organized and displayed simply by importing shipper orders. Cargo information by date and factory is centrally managed, and routes to destinations are automatically displayed, allowing staff to complete allocation plans by simply selecting the type of vessel.
Reduction of Transcription Work and Prevention of Errors: Based on the data from the ship allocation table, ship allocation management tables and invoices can be automatically generated. This eliminates the need for manual transcription, significantly reducing input and transcription errors.
Significant Improvement in Operational Efficiency: The process from ship allocation planning to invoicing is seamlessly connected on the system, improving the speed and accuracy of overall operations.
■ Future Outlook
Our company will continue to deepen its collaboration with Steel Hub and further improve the system, including AI-powered ship route creation. We also aim to widely deploy this ship allocation system to contribute to the DX of the entire logistics industry.
■ Development Background
Steel Hub traditionally collected orders from shippers in Excel and manually created ship allocation tables for domestic and international shipping operations. Inputting cargo details and routes to destinations required significant time and effort, and duplicate work occurred when transcribing from allocation tables to management tables and invoices. As a result, input errors and increased workload became major challenges.
■ Overview and Effects of the Ship Allocation System
The newly provided ship allocation system can automatically generate allocation tables simply by importing shipper orders from Excel, and it can seamlessly process related tasks. The main effects are as follows:
Automation and Expedited Ship Allocation Planning: Traditionally, ship allocation tables were created manually in Excel, but with this system, they are automatically organized and displayed simply by importing shipper orders. Cargo information by date and factory is centrally managed, and routes to destinations are automatically displayed, allowing staff to complete allocation plans by simply selecting the type of vessel.
Reduction of Transcription Work and Prevention of Errors: Based on the data from the ship allocation table, ship allocation management tables and invoices can be automatically generated. This eliminates the need for manual transcription, significantly reducing input and transcription errors.
Significant Improvement in Operational Efficiency: The process from ship allocation planning to invoicing is seamlessly connected on the system, improving the speed and accuracy of overall operations.
■ Future Outlook
Our company will continue to deepen its collaboration with Steel Hub and further improve the system, including AI-powered ship route creation. We also aim to widely deploy this ship allocation system to contribute to the DX of the entire logistics industry.