Streamlining Operations How Taro Sasaki Transformed Logistics with Hacobu

1. Streamlining Operations: How Taro Sasaki Transformed Logistics with Hacobu In this age of rapid globalization and digital transformation, companies in the logistics industry have evolved more than just transporting goods. This industry involves all the activities related to the process of managing goods from collecting to transporting them to their final destinations. Logistic management needs to identify proper suppliers and distributors for the effective and timely transport of resources. This is much needed for companies for cost reduction, to streamline their supply chain, and to enhance customer relationships which in turn leads to increased revenue growth. Japan is highly dependent on the logistics industry as it has a large manufacturing industry which results in the requirement for more storage and distribution of products. In this article, we discuss one such company called Hacobu, which has redefined logistic services with the integration of technology and optimizing transportation. It is also followed by the entrepreneurial journey of Taro Sasaki who founded the solution for issues in the logistics industry with Hacobu. Taro Sasaki: Founder and CEO of Hacobu Taro Sasaki is an inspiring entrepreneur who always enjoys finding new inventions from his younger days. He is passionate about inventing things and interested in new businesses through which is now an aspiring entrepreneur. He completed his graduation and holds a degree of Master of Business Administration from HEC Paris he is also an MBA graduate in the stream of Entrepreneurship from UCLA Anderson School of Management. Taro Sasaki started his career as a consultant at Accenture and later worked at Hakuhodo Brand Consulting. He played the role of associate at Booz & Company Cleveland Office and Booz & Company Tokyo office. After returning to Japan got an opportunity to become the CEO of a beauty company called Glossy Box. later he launched a new company called Skyisthelimit which provides goods in the food industry. All this experience boosted his interest in becoming an entrepreneur and he wished to solve the issues related to a particular industry through his new business. Taro Sasaki with a thought in his mind found a problem in the logistics industry as most businesses were using phones, email, etc for transportation. Then he decided to implement technology in this sector and to solve the issue of a shortage in the

2. number of drivers. Taro wanted to tackle this problem by optimizing the industry with the use of digital technology, which will improve the availability of divers. That is when he started Hacobu in the year 2015, which is a platform that connects stakeholders in the supply chain. Brief about Hacobu Hacobu provides web-enabled solutions for managing transportation and it is founded by Taro Sasaki in the year 2015. The headquarters of Hacobu is located in Tokyo, Japan. Hacobu developed a cloud-based technological solution called MOVO. It is a solution and operation management system that utilizes in-vehicle terminals and helps logistics for easy and effective supply chain management. The vision of Hacobuis to create a sustainable logistics infrastructure and aims for a goal till 2025 to realize a logistic information network and by 2030 to crate logistic information platform. The mission of the company is to optimize the transport system, from the day of start it has aimed to solve social issues and enhance transportation with the utilization of data. The company works on 7 key values moving forward even on difficult roads, avoiding assumptions, feeling a sense of ownership, moving fast and driving quickly, respecting each other, and always working with a smile. It also includes a key dialogue “right, wrong, and right”. The company provides four different services including MOVO Berth which is a truck reservation reception service. The next service is MOVO Feet which is a dynamic management service and the third one is Hacobu Strategy which contains logistics DX consulting and helps to perform smooth supply chain management. The last is the service MOVO Vista which is a delivery case management service. Taro Sasaki with his strong determination to solve social issues founded Hacobu which helps to optimize transportation, by using this app, stakeholders can get rid of analogy methods and can be digitally connected in the supply chain management. This helps to address the issues in the logistics industry and improves efficiency.