Nippon Sanipak Promotes Supply Chain Visibility and Trade DX with "Shippio Cargo"

Shippio Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Takayori Sato; hereinafter "Shippio"), which promotes trade DX, is pleased to announce that Nippon Sanipak Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President: Mitsuharu Inoue; hereinafter "Nippon Sanipak"), a leading company in polyethylene garbage bags and food wrap bags, has implemented "Shippio Cargo," a trade management cloud for shippers.

Background of Implementation

As a leading company in polyethylene bags (garbage bags, food wrap bags, etc.), Nippon Sanipak conducts large-scale imports from its own factories in Indonesia to Japan. Previously, the company operated by having each person in charge manually check vessel movements and manage schedules by looking at shipping companies' websites and entering the information into Excel.

Meanwhile, the global supply chain environment has recently faced unprecedented uncertainty, including rising geopolitical risks, lengthening lead times on major shipping routes, and rapid fluctuations in raw material markets.

Amidst the increasing frequency of delivery date adjustments due to the unstable international logistics situation, the need for real-time tracking of movements and swift information sharing among stakeholders became an urgent issue for the company. Therefore, as part of its digital transformation (DX) initiative, Nippon Sanipak decided to implement "Shippio Cargo" with the aim of visualizing the entire supply chain and standardizing operations.

Objectives and Expected Effects of Implementing "Shippio Cargo"

The company expects significant effects in the following three areas through this implementation:

Visualization of Information and Strengthening of Three-Party Collaboration Nippon Sanipak's own factory in Indonesia, its partner company responsible for domestic logistics, and its internal sales department will share the movement status of vessels carrying cargo and related documents on the same platform. By centralizing communication, which was previously dispersed across phone, email, and chat tools, the company aims to speed up delivery date responses and prevent errors.

Escape from "Excel Management" through Real-Time Tracking "Shippio Cargo" automatically updates milestones based on the latest estimated time of arrival (ETA) automatically obtained from shipping companies. This will reduce the manual schedule update work that was previously done daily and establish a system where all stakeholders can grasp the latest automatically updated situation.

Building a Data-Driven Trade Foundation Utilizing AI-OCR, etc. The company will promote the digitization and management of shipping documents (BL, Invoice, Packing List, etc.) using the AI-OCR function. This will automate document creation and storage, building a foundation for advanced data-driven management with a view to future data integration with core systems.

Comment from Mr. Negishi, Manager of the External Procurement Department at Nippon Sanipak Co., Ltd.

"For several years, we have been actively investing in supply chain visibility. The deciding factors for adopting "Shippio Cargo" were its excellent UI that is intuitive for the field staff and its automatic vessel movement update function. This will enable us to manage everything from factory shipment to domestic delivery in a unified manner. Moving forward, we will use this platform as a foundation to further improve logistics efficiency and enhance our services to customers."

About the Implemented Service

"Shippio Cargo" - Trade Management Cloud for Shippers https://service.shippio.io/cargo/ This cloud service realizes "visualization" and "efficiency" in trade operations. It centralizes automatic vessel movement tracking, data conversion and matching of trade documents using AI-OCR, and chat communication with stakeholders on a single platform, revolutionizing analog and complex business processes. Furthermore, by automatically accumulating and visualizing transportation data, it supports supply chain optimization, such as shortening lead times and reducing logistics costs.

About Nippon Sanipak Co., Ltd.

Company Name: Nippon Sanipak Co., Ltd.

Representative: President Mitsuharu Inoue

Location: 1-25-5 Hatagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Established: 1970

Business Activities: Manufacturing and sales of polyethylene garbage bags, poly bags, food wrap bags, etc.

URL: https://www.sanipak.jp/

About Shippio

With the vision of "Advancing International Logistics," Shippio is building a trade platform. Shippio's cloud service enables cargo ship tracking, quotation and ordering, centralized management of trade documents, information sharing among stakeholders, and chat communication. The company promotes trade DX by building digital business processes and providing operational services. https://www.shippio.io/

Shippio Company Overview

Company Name: Shippio, Inc.

Location: 9F, BLUE FRONT SHIBAURA TOWER S, 1-1-1 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Representative: Takayori Sato, Representative Director and CEO

Established: June 2016

Business Activities: Planning, development, and operation of a trade platform

URL: https://www.shippio.io/corp/

Licenses and Certifications: Class 1 Licensed Forwarder (Kanjikagaku No. 1714), Class 2 Licensed Forwarder (Kokusoubutsu No. 107), Class 2 Licensed Forwarder (Kokujikagaku No. 386), IATA Accredited Agent Approval

Full Member of the Japan International Freight Forwarders Association (JIFFA), International Multimodal Transport Conditions (2013), WAYBILL Conditions (2013) (Kokusoubutsu No. 107-2)