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A thousand customers, a thousand solutions.
Finding the best solution for each customer.
That's what we do at Alps Logistics.
Our Solutions
*Monozukuri* (manufacturing) logistics is very different from ordinary logistics: it requires specialist, finely tuned handling.
Alps Logistics offers various solutions design to support *monozukuri* (manufacturing), to achieve total customer satisfaction.
Warehousing Service
Dust control, static electricity control, temperature and humidity control: no matter how challenging the environment your products require, you can rest assured that Alps Logistics can handle it. We offer a wide range of warehousing solutions that integrate sophisticated technical knowledge with our unique know-how.
Transport Service
Alps Logistics has centers in key areas of *monozukuri* (manufacturing) activity, enabling us to support customer's transportation need. Our expertise in electronic components means that we can guarantee a high quality of transport even with our consolidated freight.
Forwarding
We have multi-functional logistics centers located close to Narita International Airport and the Port of Tokyo. These centers enable us to offer a seamlessly integrated service from export packaging through to export customs, as well as the Just-In-Time Delivery of imported cargo.
Purchasing Service
Alps Logistics can act on behalf of customers to source and sell molding materials and electronic devices. We can help to streamline the purchasing work undertaken by our customers, particularly when combining with our logistics services, such as warehousing, land transport, and forwarding.
Packaging Design Service
Our packaging design service can develop solutions that are focused both on protecting your product and transport efficiency. We adopt a manufacturer-oriented perspective to develop optimal packaging design solutions, in our know-how as a specialist in *monozukuri* (manufacturing) logistics.
Procurement Logistics
Alps Logistics can deliver raw materials and components in total alignment with production schedules, in our role as a bridge between assembly manufacturers and suppliers. We support customers total procurement logistics of necessary materials and the reduction of procurement lead times.
Cargo Handling & Distribution Processing
Small lot shipment by piece, kitted delivery for multiple production lines, kanban system operation. We can help both assembly manufacturers and suppliers to improve productivity and shorten lead times.
Solutions for China
Alps Logistics has our own operation network in place across China, incorporating 11 local subsidiaries and 26 centers. Not only can we guarantee logistics excellence, we can also be entrusted with bonded area operations.
Solutions for ASEAN
Alps Logistics is expanding its line-up of logistics services across ASEAN. Our services include advanced warehousing operations required for the transplant of production lines out of China and for electronic components, as well as bonded zone operations.
Solutions for North America & Europe
We offer optimal logistics solutions that can be tailored to the unique logistics schemes operated by automotive and in-vehicle electronics manufacturers in Europe and North America. We are building a network able to respond flexibly in order to assist with the streamlining of supply chains.
Solutions for India
Rapid development is taking place in India, as seen for example in the increase in car production volume and the shift to electric vehicles. At Alps Logistics, we can deliver a high quality logistics service for in-vehicle electronics across India.
Solutions for Korea
Korea is an industrial center for world-leading manufacturers in the electronics industry. Alps Logistics operates advanced warehouses, specially adapted to be compatible with the particular features of electronic components, across the whole of Korea. We can support the optimization of your global supply chains.
Global Network
With some 80 warehouses and offices across 15 countries and regions worldwide,
Alps Logistics can support our customers' international operations
through our global logistics services.
East Asia
Southeast Asia & India
Europe
North America
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Outsourcing
For customers interested in outsourcing such logistics functions to Alps Logistics as BPO, or supply chain optimization.
Streamlining
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For customers searching for a diverse array of solutions: resource-saving, headache-saving, time-saving.
Logistics Quality
Improvements
A range of services that can improve logistics functions while also offering outstanding cost-benefit performance.
At a Glance
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\*As of March 31, 2024
* Our Strengths
# Our Strengths
Five strengths supporting optimal logistics
A company that deeply knows *monozukuri* (manufacturing), understands the Logistics Individuality of its customers, and is able to design logistics optimal to each customer. That's Alps Logistics.
Each of the five strengths of Alps Logistics has been fostered over more than half a century of experience in providing logistics services for *monozukuri* (manufacturing).
Integrated Logistics
A global integrated logistics company well versed in *monozukuri* (manufacturing). That's who we are at Alps Logistics. From warehousing to transport, through to import and export, we provide a full range of sophisticated logistics services through a single integrated channel. Learn more about the unique value that only Alps Logistics can offer.
Commitment to Quality
Technique for handling the most delicate of products. Inventory control. Distribution processing. Accuracy of Just In Time Delivery. At Alps Logistics, we know *monozukuri* (manufacturing) inside out, which is exactly why we're more committed to quality than any other logistics company. Learn more about the expertise and know-how about quality we've built up over more than half a century.
Proposal Excellence
Alps Logistics always aims to provide an optimal service by learning the customer. Our expertise and flexible, wide-ranging support framework means that we aim to be a logistics partner able to solve even the hidden opportunities to improve.
Information Systems
Alps Logistics develops and operates its logistics information systems. Our systems are based on the experience and know-how we've gained through working with a wide range of components and products. Industries can undergo rapid change, but we can cope with that thanks to our robust IT capabilities.
Networks
Alps Logistics can guarantee high quality logistics across both its domestic and international networks. We are able to offer you a diverse range of unique services under local regulations with international logistics centers in key locations. The strength of our networks is what enables us to strongly support global supply chain optimization.
* Integrated Logistics
# Integrated Logistics
Aiming to improve all our logistics functions
Alps Logistics is a global integrated logistics company able to provide all the logistics processes, from warehousing, transport, to import and export, whether in Japan or internationally. Through our reliable expertise about cargo and our diverse line-up of services, we can provide optimal logistics to customers looking to advance the quality of their logistics.
A one stop service only possible
through our integrated logistics
As a global integrated logistics company, Alps Logistics can provide all the logistics processes to support our customers from warehousing to transportation, cargo handling and distribution processing, packaging, forwarding, and customs work, be that in Japan or internationally. Being an integrated logistics company we can offer these through our One Channel Service, which enables us to connect our customers door-to-door with their delivery destinations.
What distinguishes us is our strength in *monozukuri* (manufacturing) logistics. In particular, we excel in electronic components, which require increasingly sophisticated handling as the technology used in semiconductors and precision devices and components evolves. Through perfect-fit services based on our reliable expertise, we have realized a logistics network that brings together electronic component manufacturers and assembly manufacturers. We offer optimal logistics that support *monozukuri* (manufacturing).
Our One Channel Service bringing together integrated logistics functions
Logistics functions informed by
both manufacturer perspective and logistics expertise
One of the reasons why Alps Logistics is so highly regarded among customers in industry is the way we approach logistics from a standpoint close to that of our manufacturing industry customers. We are particularly adept at understanding logistics from a production line basis, rather than a warehouse basis. We can deliver cargo accurately and reliably, in accordance with our customer's production schedules and while avoiding deadline errors or unexpected accidents.
Another reason is our advanced know-how, based on our impressive operation experience and s expertise in logistics functions, as called for by customers. Take the storage of semiconductors. Temperature and humidity control, dust and dirt control, the static electric controls needed when opening packaging for piece-picking: at Alps Logistics, we call this kind of knowledge Logistics Individuality and we are able to guarantee handling optimal to the products entrusted to us. Warehousing aside, we are always striving to improve our full range of logistics functions without compromise, be that delivering reliable transport through fixed-schedule, fixed-route operations or diverse packaging solutions.
Achieving equivalent quality levels
across all global regions
In order to expand our service area as an integrated logistics company, Alps Logistics has been proactive in establishing centers around the world. Using the information systems we developed in-house, We are able to confirm the condition and status of our customers' cargo through the information systems we developed, customized and operated in-house. From warehousing, transportation to import and export, we can secure and control the same quality of logistics as we offer in Japan.
As well as Japan, Alps Logistics also has centers in China, Korea, and India, as well as across ASEAN, North America, and Europe, through which we offer our Global One Channel Service, a one stop service with worldwide coverage. We handle the international transportation of cargo from the warehouses of Japanese customers to the warehouses of thier export destinations and delivery destinations. By undertaking all of the processes through a single channel, as Alps Logistics, it is possible to build optimization throughout the entire supply chain, for example by shortening lead times across all logistics processes, reducing waste, and improving logistics quality.
An Alps Logistics truck in Thailand
Our Strengths
[Commitment to Quality
[Proposal Excellence
[Information Systems
[Networks
* Commitment to Quality
# Commitment to Quality
Quality that only Alps Logistics can aim to achieve
One of the strengths of Alps Logistics is the fact that we are so well versed in *monozukuri* (manufacturing). What should our logistics functions be in order to support production in our customers' plants? For more than half a century, Alps Logistics has been seeking to answer that question. We pride ourselves on being more committed to quality than any other logistics company.
Quality that only Alps Logistics,
deeply understanding the *monozukuri*,
can aim to achieve
*Monozukuri* (manufacturing) logistics is particularly unique. That's why it's not possible to satisfy customer needs simply by aiming to achieve efficiency in logistics functions. What's important is whether you have profound knowledge of *monozukuri* (manufacturing) and the extent to which you are able to prioritize the shipper's perspective.
Alps Logistics is part of Alps Alpine, a group manufacturing electronic components and automotive infotainment. The experience that we have built up over more than half a century of carrying out all logistics functions relating to procurement for manufacturers, production, and sales, leads directly into the depth of our understanding of *monozukuri* (manufacturing). For example, our approach to inventory control assumes that the volume of cargo will fluctuate according to market conditions. We're also prepped to handle delivery specifications that differ by delivery destination. We draw fully upon this know-how, refined by adopting a shipper's perspective, when offering our solutions and services. We are in tireless pursuit of a quality only Alps Logistics can achieve.
Alps Alpine, a manufacturer of electronic components and automotive infotainment
Our Logistics Individuality approach,
and the information systems and operational capabilities that make it a reality
Having been engaged in monozukuri (manufacturing) logistics for more than half a century, Alps Logistics is able to respond to customer needs through the integration of information systems and operational capabilities.
The delicate and complicated handling required by electronic components, such as semiconductors and precision devices, comes with unique characteristics. At Alps Logistics, we define these characteristics under what we call the Product Profile and Customer Profile, which together form what we call . We classify those characteristics and enter them into information systems. We have built an environment in which all data is centrally controlled and anyone can understand at any time what we should be doing and in what way, from receiving at warehouse to storage, through to distribution processing, shipping out, and transportation. No matter how outstanding a system, however, it means nothing without the operational capability to run it. That's why we also focus on improving our operational capabilities through training, so as to be able to take best advantage of our expertise and know-how. Information systems and operational capability. That's how we show our commitment to quality here at Alps Logistics.
Checking Logistics Individuality via our proprietary warehouse management system
An ongoing commitment to refining accuracy,
continuous improvement to commit the quality
Responding flexibly to customer requests. Providing a speedy service. The word “quality” has multiple different values. At Alps Logistics, we consider quality a priority, which is why we've worked so hard on refining accuracy.
Take inventory control accuracy, which is so important for monozukuri (manufacturing) logistics. ACCS, the information system we developed in-house, enables us to achieve efficient and high quality warehousing based on Logistics Individuality. What's more, by linking up ACCS with our customer's information system through EDI coordination, we can centrally control all information on warehouse status, from the moment of receiving cargo at an Alps Logistics warehouse to the moment of shipping out, together with all system information. This makes high-precision, real-time inventory control possible.
The same goes for transportation. We eliminate any lack of resilience towards delivery delays or errors, and instead pursue unquestionable quality without compromise. Each one of the some 700 Alps Logistics trucks in Japan operates on fixed schedule, fixed-route basis, meaning that they cover the same route in the same time, day-in, day-out. Our operational information and tracking system are closely linked, allowing us to understand where every single piece of cargo is at any given time and enabling us to support our customers in achieving the accurate implementation of production schedules and time management.
Alps Logistics can offer a high-precision yet flexible response, as well as a speedy service. We will continue to challenge ourselves to improve the quality of our service.
Inventory accuracy leading to unmistakable Alps Logistics quality
[Integrated Logistics
* Proposal Excellence
# Proposal Excellence
Learning our customer as a logistics professional
The optimal solution will differ by customer. That's exactly why at Alps Logistics we prioritize learning our customers as a foundation of our service. With our focus always firmly on the customer, we familiarize ourselves with the work sites unique to each customer in order to understand what issues are faced. This is the Alps Logistics style, an approach that leads us to optimal logistics for challenge resolution.
Finding solutions
hand-in-hand with customers
Each customer faces different issues and has different needs about logistics. Finding out the essence of these issues helps us to provide optimal solutions. Alps Logistics puts the customer first, which is why we are committed to truly listening to what the customer has to say and to proposing optimal logistics unique to each customer.
It's not always the case that the customer has a clear understanding of their logistics issues and needs. That's why Alps Logistics, as a logistics professional, insists on an approach where we first focus on understanding the true nature of the issues faced by the customer, then work hand-in-hand with the customer to resolve them.
Learning customer challenges as a logistics professional
Various improvements tied to
logistics functions
Alps Logistics has been engaged in logistics for *monozukuri* (manufacturing) for more than half a century, and we have worked with over 1,900 companies in Japan alone. The sophisticated expertise and ability to respond flexibly we have cultivated through this wealth of experience lies at proposal excellence.
Take warehousing services: we ascertain the Logistics Individuality unique to each product, then ensure appropriate storage conditions and freshness controls are implemented, such as temperature and humidity control and static electric control. We can also offer small-lot sorting and lot number management as part of our operations, refined through our experience with electronic components. Through our transport service we offer consolidated services exclusively for electronic components and devices, thereby enhancing transport quality. What's more, we can work on the customer's behalf to meet strict delivery specifications, for example the kanban system used with automotive electronics. In recent years, delivery destinations are increasingly reluctant to accept deliveries in cardboard boxes due to environmental concerns; in response, we offer both bespoke design and collection services for returnable boxes. Our logistics services go one step further by making improvements to work sites. At Alps Logistics, we aim to resolve logistics challenges that our customers weren't even aware they were facing.
Comprehensive solutions to
support production innovation
We don't simply aim for the optimization of a single process, but for total optimization. That's another factor of proposal excellence that only Alps Logistics can offer as an integrated logistics company. We pull together multiple logistics functions to show our customers how to achieve total supply chain optimization.
For example, through our warehouse operations we can offer piece control for electronic components, enabling us to supply assembly manufacturers with kitted delivery according to the components needed by each production line, as well as Just In Time Delivery. This means that delivery destinations need no space for component storage and can focus instead on production. Another example is our procurement logistics, for components and raw materials. We can offer vendor-managed inventory (VMI) services, where suppliers are responsible for inventory management, as well as buyer-managed inventory (BMI) services, where the buyer, in other words the assembly manufacturer or trading company, controls the inventory. Through EDI coordination between our warehouse management system (WMS), developed in-house, and the customer's core system, we can offer real-time inventory management, even when handling high-mix, low-volume cargo and high-frequency, low-volume cargo. This allows the customer to know what's happening with their inventories, even for remotely-located warehouses: it's as if they're right there checking the shelves.
At Alps Logistics, we strive to offer optimal solutions that contribute to the optimization of customer supply chains.