The challenges facing companies marketing and/or manufacturing electronics products are intensifying at both ends of the supply chain. Racing to develop and bring to market new products faster and cheaper than the growing ranks of competitors, these companies continue to search for suppliers and production facilities in low-cost locations. However, these locations - often in the developing nations of Pacific Asia - need to be linked electronically in order to facilitate rapid collaboration of product design and production as well as material support. In short, they need fast, reliable logistics channels to their end markets for rapid order fulfillment. Increasingly, they also need a low-cost, reliable reverse logistics program to return, replace, repair, test and certify defective products.

Nippon Express USA meets all of these needs with established and proven logistics management solutions including:

• Supply chain consulting services help companies configure and implement the most efficient global supply chains and worldwide logistics networks of suppliers, assembly/manufacturing points as well as optimal locations in the U.S. for ports of entry, cross-dock operations and warehouse facilities.
  
  
• Transportation management expertise to design the most cost- and time-efficient mode selection and routing specification for all parts and materials moving in the supply chain between suppliers, OEMs, distribution points and customers locations.
  
  
• A network of Container Freight Stations and warehouse facilities order fulfillment, inventory control and cross-dock operations as well as a menu of value-added logistics management expertise such as vendor-managed inventory programs, import/export documentation services, customs compliance, and freight bill audit and payment services.
  
  
• Sophisticated reverse logistics management programs that collect at a central location all returned merchandise, which then can be tested, replaced, repaired, re-tested, repackaged and returned either to stock, to the manufacturer, or to disposal operations as specified by the customer.