BCP × Cost Efficiency via Synchronized Kansai-Kanto Dual Hubs | Meito Inc. Case Study
Achieving BCP and Cost Reduction Simultaneously through Synchronized Kansai-Kanto Dual-Hub Operation
Commercial Flow — Trading Company Kansai-Kanto BCP Hub
Balancing BCP and Cost Reduction at Kanto GLP
Case Overview
For this major trading company client, which supplies overseas-procured goods to its own directly operated stores across 5 domestic cities, a logistics structure dependent on a single in-house warehouse in Kansai was vulnerable to threats such as natural disasters, epidemics, and terrorism. Building a new Kanto hub in-house would have required an investment of several hundred million yen, which had stalled management decision-making.
The Client's Challenges
- High BCP risk due to dependence on a single Kansai hub
- Building a Kanto hub in-house would require an investment on the scale of several hundred million yen
- Kanto-bound transport costs on the scale of ¥120 million per year
- No recovery framework in place for disasters
Our Proposal & Response
Leveraging the Meito Kanto GLP Logistics Center as a BCP Backup Hub
Meito Inc.'s Tokyo GLP Logistics Center (8,000 ㎡, including a 3,300 ㎡ bonded area) was leveraged as the client's Kanto BCP backup hub. By combining a 3PL track record of over 500,000 units annually with dedicated custom operations for the client, we replicated in Kanto the same system used at the client's own warehouse in Kansai.
- Instantly established a Kanto BCP hub with Meito 3PL
- Reproduced in Kanto the identical system used at the client's own Kansai warehouse
- Kanto takes over all operations within 1 hour when Kansai is hit by a disaster
- Reduced Kanto-bound transport costs by 18%
Results
| Item | Before | After | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCP Risk | Single-hub dependence | → | Fully distributed with 2 synchronized hubs |
| Kanto Hub Construction Investment | Several hundred million yen planned | → | Zero in-house investment |
| Kanto-Bound Transport Cost | ¥120 million/year | → | ¥98 million/year (-18%) |
| Disaster Recovery Time | Estimated 24+ hours | → | Within 1 hour |
Client Testimonial
This was a project on which we couldn't reach a decision for 5 years — whether or not to build our own Kanto hub. By handing it over to Meito, we achieved it with zero investment, and as a result even attained annual cost savings of ¥22 million.