-Customer industry/scale-

Freight forwarding (SMEs)

-Customer needs/issues-

• Has an overseas expansion plan but have not yet been able to incorporate it into a concrete business plan
• Wants to gain a more detailed understanding of the overall picture and business environment of the market we are aiming to enter
• Wants to share the details of our business plan with other parties involved, and strengthen our cooperative relationship to realize our business

-Support contents-

• Consulting for the purpose of deepening and materializing business concepts
• Information gathering and market research on target countries and markets
• Specific business planning and study of timelines for efforts to realize the business plan

-Support period-

About 2 months

-Support results-

• Completion of a roadmap that shows at a glance the steps to commercialization and the content of initiatives
• Grasping an overall picture of the business environment and market in the target countries
• Completion of business planning documents (in Japanese and English) that concretize the concept and share them with relevant parties

Report

The logistics business, which supports people’s lives and businesses around the world, has recently experienced a temporary downturn due to the Corona disaster and changes in the international situation. However, the industry as a whole continues to expand against the backdrop of progress in IT and automation, expansion of supply chains on a global scale, and changes in people’s purchasing behavior. Particularly in fast-growing emerging countries, the logistics market is also expanding remarkably, inextricably linked to the increase in economic activity.

In this project, we systematically organized the initiatives needed to commercialize the freight forwarding business in emerging markets, which continue to grow even after the Corona disaster. We supported in the creation of a roadmap, research and compilation of information that would enable an understanding of the current situation in the target markets, and preparation of business planning documents that concretely incorporated the business concept.