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TRUCKING INDUSTRY * Japan - Improving Profitability in
The trucking industry is facing a perfect storm...
Tokyo,Japan -Thunder Post, by Shawn -August 15, 2009: -- For those working in Japan’s logistics industry, it is not news that the trucking industry is facing a perfect storm of high fuel prices, tightening environmental restrictions, driver shortages, low pricing power, and growing competition due to deregulation–all placing unprecedented pressure on profit margins, especially for the small- to mid-sized players leaning heavily on their trucking business to sustain revenues. As a result, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has been running a series of research seminars aimed at “up-and-coming” trucking managers... One of the recent reports from the participants in this seminar series is titled “Prescription for the Profitable Success of Small- to Mid-sized Trucking Businesses” and a summary appears in the 7/31 issue of Logistics Japan (as you might have noticed, there are many interesting articles in this issue). The report attempts to lay out points and hints for success and presents a stance and countermeasures aimed at profitability improvement... Convincing a smaller Japanese firm of this criticality will be particularly difficult if the critical mass of a firm’s leadership is entrenched in a status quo enshrined many years in the past. In such a scenario, the firm will be prepared to defend the status quo via “this is the way the industry works” excuses rather than engage in vigorous and objective self-reflection that challenges such long entrenched assumptions and practices... For the change agents looking to drive transformation in this sector of the transportation industry, the key will be in maintaining a solid patience while developing the ability to identify those industry leaders with the true vision and will to bring about positive change via transformative decision-making. Combining the change agent’s tools and knowledge with the experience of these industry leaders will provide a foundational start to a potentially disruptive yet positive development for Japan’s transportation future...* Japan Inc's relationship with opposition Democrats
Tokyo,Japan -Reuters, by Yoko Nishikawa -Aug 17, 2009: -- Voter surveys show the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has its best shot ever at beating the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the Aug. 30 election after an almost unbroken LDP reign of more than 50 years... Below are some questions and answers about the Democrats' relationship with big business: ... Healthcare, trucking and shipping firms will probably benefit from a DPJ win because of the plan for a stronger social safety net and eliminating tolls on Japanese highways...
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