{"id":5243,"date":"2024-02-27T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T01:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/?p=5243"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:37:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T03:37:42","slug":"fwd_shibusawa-warehouse_20240227","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/2024\/02\/27\/fwd_shibusawa-warehouse_20240227\/","title":{"rendered":"Shibusawa Warehouse's international logistics cost estimates can now be obtained through Digitrad Forwarding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Offering estimated quotes in as little as a few minutes benefits shippers and is expected to attract new clients through comparisons with other companies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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STANDAGE Co., Ltd. (Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Akinori Adachi; hereinafter referred to as STANDAGE), a developer and provider of digital trade platforms, has added the rates of Shibusawa Warehouse Co., Ltd. (Koto-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Takeshi Osumi; hereinafter referred to as Shibusawa Warehouse) to its "DigiTrad Forwarding" system (hereinafter referred to as "this system"), an instant international logistics cost estimation system developed and officially launched in October 2023, as of January 29, 2024. Shippers can now obtain an estimated international logistics cost from Shibusawa Warehouse in just a few minutes through this system, saving approximately one hour per transaction compared to the traditional method using email or telephone. As this system allows users to obtain simple estimates from multiple logistics companies at once, Shibusawa Warehouse also hopes to attract new customers through comparisons with other companies via this system.<\/p>\n

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\u25a0Background to the implementation: The legacy logistics industry and the "2025 cliff"<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2018, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry introduced the keyword "2025 Cliff" in its "DX Report." With 2025 just one year away, issues and analyses related to the "2025 Cliff" are being disseminated across all industries.<\/p>\n

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The "2025 Cliff" refers to the economic losses in domestic industries primarily caused by the persistence of legacy systems, which are estimated to amount to as much as 12 trillion yen.<\/p>\n

The persistence of legacy systems refers to a situation where, amidst the advancement of digitalization, existing systems have not been adequately improved or customized to keep up with the times, resulting in a lack of coordination with internal and external parties, and continuing to exist in a state of increasing complexity and opacity.<\/p>\n

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The trade and logistics industries are also being swept up in the wave of operational efficiency improvements brought about by digital transformation (DX). In logistics, while major companies are making progress in developing and utilizing their own systems, the focus has been on systemization in isolation, resulting in a lack of horizontal collaboration between internal and external parties. This has led to inefficiencies in operations due to the persistence of legacy systems. In fact, interviews with major logistics companies reveal that half of their workday is spent checking and responding to emails and phone calls.<\/p>\n

Even when it comes to introducing new DX systems, many logistics companies are hesitant to take the risks of changing their existing operations, which is leading to delays in digitalization and efficiency improvements across the industry.<\/p>\n

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In its 2023 medium-term management plan, Shibusawa Warehouse has positioned "digitalization and mechanization" as one of the pillars of its growth strategy for the logistics business, and is promoting operational improvements and efficiencies through digitalization. The use of this system is part of that effort.<\/p>\n

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\u25a0 About DigiTrad Forwarding<\/strong><\/p>\n

Developed by Standage and officially launched in October 2023, DigiTrad Forwarding is a system that allows users to instantly obtain simple online quotes for international logistics costs from various logistics companies.<\/p>\n

This service bridges the gap between shippers who want an estimate quickly, even if it's just a rough estimate, and freight forwarders who need accurate information and multiple processes to calculate the price, thereby improving the efficiency of operations for both parties.<\/p>\n

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During development, we spent several months immersed in the operations of logistics companies, aiming to create a system that would allow legacy logistics companies to smoothly transition to digital freight forwarders while minimizing changes to their long-established existing operations.<\/p>\n

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By utilizing this system, shippers can not only instantly obtain estimated quotes from various logistics companies online, but also request quotes and exchange information directly through the system's chat function, completing the entire process, including project management with attachments, within this single system.<\/p>\n

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\u25c7Click here for DigiTrad Forwarding:https:\/\/forwarding.digitrad.trade\/digitrad\/rates<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25c7Click here for the service landing page:https:\/\/boueki.standage.co.jp\/forwarding\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u25a0Comment from Mr. Takashi Yoshida, International Sales Manager, Shibusawa Warehouse Co., Ltd.<\/strong><\/p>\n

By appealing to a wide variety of customers with our forwarding services, we expect to gain new customer touchpoints and acquire new projects.<\/p>\n

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\u25a0 Future outlook<\/strong><\/p>\n

By incorporating rates into this system, Shibusawa Warehouse aims to attract new customers and projects, while also confirming the usefulness of the system's UI\/UX. They will then collaborate with Standage to develop a platform specifically for existing customers, enabling them to obtain simplified quotes, request full quotes, and conduct related communications.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

STANDAGE Co., Ltd. (Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Akinori Adachi; hereinafter referred to as STANDAGE), which develops and provides a digital trade platform, offers advantages to shippers by providing estimated quotes in as little as a few minutes, and also expects to attract new customers through comparisons with other companies. Continue reading Shibusawa Warehouse's international logistics cost estimates can now be obtained through Digitrad Forwarding<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[136],"tags":[],"acf":{"en_news":{"custom_css":"","en_title":"The Shibusawa Warehouse's international logistics expense estimation can now be acquired through 'Digitrad Forwarding'.","content":"Shippers Benefit from Quickest Estimate in Minutes, Expecting New Market Inflows through Price Comparisons with Other Services<\/strong>


\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSTANDAGE Corporation, a developer and provider of digital trade platforms, has developed an immediate international logistics cost estimation system called \"Digitrad Forwarding\" (hereinafter referred to as \"the System\"), which was officially launched in October 2023.

\r\n\r\nShibusawa Warehouse (Koto-ku, Tokyo, President: Takeshi Osumi, hereinafter referred to as \"Shibusawa Warehouse\") started to include its rates in our \"Digitrad Forwarding\" from January 29, 2024. Shippers will be able to obtain a rough estimate of international logistics costs from The Shibusawa Warehouse in a few minutes on this system, which will reduce man-hours by about one hour per case compared to the conventional method using e-mail or telephone. Since this system can obtain simple quotations from multiple logistics companies at once, The Shibusawa Warehouse expects an influx of new customers through comparisons with other companies via this system.


\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u25a0Background of introduction: Legacy logistics industry and the \"2025 cliff\"<\/strong>

\r\n\r\nIn 2018, the keyword \"2025 cliff\" was presented in the \"DX Report\" released by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. With only one year to go until the year 2025, every industry is issuing issues and discussions using the \"2025 cliff\" as a starting point.

\r\n\r\nThe \"2025 cliff\" refers to the economic losses in domestic industries mainly caused by remaining legacy systems, which are estimated to be as much as 12 trillion yen.

\r\n\r\nLegacy systems are defined as systems that have not been sufficiently improved or customized to meet the needs of digitalization, and remain complicated and black-boxed due to a lack of internal and external integration.

\r\n\r\nThe wave of business efficiency improvement through DX is sweeping through the trade and logistics industry without any exception. In the logistics industry, while the development and utilization of in-house systems is progressing, especially among major logistics companies, the systemization of \"dot\" systems has made it impossible for internal and external horizontal collaboration to take place, and the remaining legacy systems are causing business inefficiencies. In fact, according to interviews with a major logistics company, half of their daily work hours are spent checking and responding to e-mails and phone calls.

\r\n\r\nMany logistics companies hesitate to introduce a new DX system due to the risk of changing their existing operations, leading to a delay in the digitization and efficiency improvement of the entire industry.

\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe Shibusawa Warehouse has set \"digitalization and mechanization\" as one of the key growth strategies for the logistics business in its mid-term management plan for 2023, and is promoting operational improvement and efficiency improvement through the promotion of digitalization, and the use of this system is a part of this strategy.


\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u25a0About Our Digitrad Forwarding<\/strong>

\r\n\r\nDigitrad Forwarding, developed by Standage and officially launched in October 2023, is a system that enables shippers to instantly get quick estimates of international logistics expenses from a variety of logistics companies online.

\r\n\r\nThe system eliminates the gap between shippers, who want an estimate immediately, and forwarders, who need to go through multiple processes to obtain accurate information, thereby improving the efficiency of both parties' operations.

\r\n\r\nIn developing the system, we actually infiltrated the actual logistics company site for several months, aiming to create a system that would enable legacy logistics companies to smoothly become digital forwarders without changing long-established existing operations as much as possible.

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\r\n\r\nBy using this system, shippers can not only immediately obtain rough estimates from various logistics companies online, but also make requests for quotes and communicate information via the chat function on the system, and even manage cases, including attachments, through this system itself.

\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u25c7Click here for Digitrad Forwarding: https:\/\/forwarding.digitrad.trade\/digitrad\/rates
\r\n\r\n\u25c7Service LP is here: https:\/\/boueki.standage.co.jp\/forwarding\/


\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u25a0Comments from Mr. Takashi Yoshida, General Manager of International Sales Department, The Shibusawa Warehouse Co.<\/strong>

\r\n\r\nWe expect to gain new customer contacts and projects by promoting our forwarding service to a wide variety of customers.


\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u25a0Future Prospects<\/strong>

\r\n\r\nThe Shibusawa Warehouse will aim to increase the inflow of new customers and projects by installing rates in this system, and will also consider with Standage the development of a platform that can be used to obtain simple quotations and request quotations specifically for existing customers, as well as to conduct corresponding exchanges."},"author":{"author_image":"","author_name":"","author_image_link":"","introduction":""},"production_published":true},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5243"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5243"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5266,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5243\/revisions\/5266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}