[Symanto Co., Ltd.] Our engineer won the “Best Presentation Award” at the Information Processing Society of Japan’s MPS Study Group. *Symanto Co., Ltd.*
Press release: August 13, 2024
*To all members of the press*
Our engineer won the “Best Presentation Award” at the Information Processing Society of Japan’s MPS Study Group.
*Presentation theme: “Vehicle transportation optimization in the automobile sales industry: Verification of transportation cost reduction using mathematical models”*
Simant Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Wada), which realizes logistics efficiency through the power of technology
Engineers at REI) presented their research at the 148th Mathematical Modeling and Problem Solving (MPS) Study Group sponsored by the Information Processing Society of Japan, entitled “Vehicle
Transportation Optimization in the Automobile Sales Industry: Transportation Using Mathematical Models” “Cost Reduction
Verification” and won the Best Presentation Award.
*Summary of presentation*
The theme of this research is the introduction of a mathematical model and its effects, which are currently being verified in the “Vehicle Transportation Planning Optimization Project,” which is being jointly developed with Nets Toyota Kumamoto Co., Ltd. The experience and know-how of those in charge of vehicle transportation planning is known as “craftsmanship” and has traditionally been accumulated as tacit knowledge among on-site personnel. This project started from an awareness of this problem, and aimed to create a mathematical model that prevents overloading and derives the optimal loading capacity. We have formulated an efficient combination of these.
Presenter Iwaki said that the most difficult part of building the model was converting the tacit knowledge of those in charge into explicit knowledge.
Mira Iwashiro speaks. After six months of careful interviews, we were able to construct a model prototype, gathering a huge amount of information such as the number and types of vehicles transported per day and information on the optimal routes connecting delivery destinations.
When the results of this study were reflected in on-site
transportation planning, it was confirmed that more efficient operations could be achieved compared to plans made by vehicle transportation planners. We can say that we have demonstrated the effectiveness of mathematical models in optimizing vehicle
transportation plans, which require complex combinations.
*Mira Iwaki Award-winning comment*
We are very pleased that our efforts to optimize vehicle
transportation between Nets Toyota Kumamoto Co., Ltd. and our company have been highly evaluated. This was our first attempt at vehicle transportation optimization, and it was not easy to translate the various constraints into a mathematical model.
We were able to achieve these research results with the cooperation and support of many people.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone involved. We will continue to work hard to provide optimal solutions to challenges in the logistics industry.
* Presenter Mira Iwaki Profile *
Mira Iwaki
Majored in psychology at university and graduate school. After graduating, he worked as a backend engineer, developing and
maintaining e-learning platforms for corporate training. Currently, in addition to my actual work at Symante, I am enrolled in the Rikkyo University Graduate School of Artificial Intelligence Science to learn about machine learning.
* About the 148th MPS Study Group *
https://www.ipsj.or.jp/kenkyukai/event/mps148bio78.html
* Company Profile *
* Biography: Representative Director Satoshi Wada *
After graduating from Waseda University, he joined Mizuho Bank as a first-year student. During his time in charge of planning operations at the headquarters, he experienced firsthand the barriers that prevented system implementation in large organizations, such as formats with different specifications between departments and huge amounts of paper documents. At the same time, Japan’s large companies are acutely aware of the need to strongly promote data utilization and DX in order to increase productivity. This experience led him to start Symant, which aims to improve logistics efficiency through data utilization and DX.
Head Office: 7th floor, Bizflex Tokyo Yaesu, 3-3-2 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Representative Director: Satoshi Wada
Business details: simount
DWH, logistics one-stop solution (vehicle dispatch platform, TMS (vehicle dispatch management system), logistics DX consulting, agile system development, etc.)
URL: https://simount.com/