Toshiba Logistics is solely responsible for shipping, handling, distributing and storing everything from consumer electronics to heavy electrical machinery for global corporation Toshiba Group.
Before Toshiba Logistics implemented an enterprise data warehouse from Teradata in 1988, each division operated its own main system because data requirements and business processes differed from division to division. By accumulating raw data in a data warehouse without processing it, Toshiba Logistics created an infrastructure of pure intelligence for corporate decision making.
Toshiba Logistics’ Teradata system also had some unexpectedly "green" benefits, such as reducing the need for ledger sheets. The data warehouse eliminated the need for:
- 23 out of 36 books covering operations check documentation
- Six out of 17 books containing documentation for shipment/delivery companies
- 23 out of 52 books for monthly control/analysis documents
In all, the data warehouse allowed Toshiba Logistics to cut 52 books of documents monthly 220,000 pages for an annual savings of around $1.5 million.
Toshiba Logistics also uses Teradata Supply Chain Management solutions to enhance route design and improve load efficiency by analyzing data on truck type and capacity, as well as shipping volume and destination, which reduces fuel consumption and gaseous emissions.
