Nippon Express has grown its service capabilities to meet specific customers needs, so it has pioneered many of the innovative logistics and supply chain services that are now engrained in many industries.

Consumer Products
Consumer product companies continue their quest for lower-cost suppliers of quality goods, they find themselves sourcing with increasing frequency from Pacific Rim locations served by Nippon Express’s high-speed intra-Asia and trans-Pacific shipping services.

Electronics
Electronics marketers and manufacturers, both for home and commercial use, depend on the collaborative planning and rapid transit abilities of Nippon Express as they race to bring to market leading edge products before their competitors do.

Automotive
Automotive manufacturers rely on Nippon Express not only for dependable delivery of critical components to production lines in the U.S. on a just-in-time basis, but also for the reliable transport of parts and materials between all three levels of Tier suppliers, many of which are located in Pacific Asia. Information technology capabilities provided by Nippon Express facilitate the flow of information between trading partners and provide visibility of in-transit shipments and simplified tracking and tracing of individual production lots, which enable automotive supply chain managers to maximize plant capacity utilization while providing the capability to identify and isolate production lots that present quality control concerns before these parts and components arrive at assembly points.

Retail
Retail struggling with thinning margins and intensifying competition need the reliable and low-cost transportation options available from Nippon Express to minimize inventory carrying costs by channeling merchandise in smaller quantities and with greater shipment frequency to distribution centers as well as directly to store locations.

Nippon Express USA meets all of these needs with a broad service menu that includes leading edge information technology systems that provide state-of-the-art order fulfillment, inventory control, visibility of in-transit shipments and simplified tracking/tracing; a network of 32 bonded Container Freight Stations located in critical U.S. markets; high-speed cross-dock operations at ports of entry; NVOCC services including import/export documentation and regulatory compliance; express Full Containerload (FCL) service as well as Less than Containerload (LCL) consolidation and deconsolidation services that extend more attractive pricing to lower-volume shippers; and a variety of value-added logistics services such as kitting and light assembly, product label research and reverse logistics.