Background and Client Requests

The Client expanded its business areas, including cement, through mergers and acquisitions, but the profit rate in the shipping business did not improve, requiring an overall diagnosis of the operation management system to derive cost-saving measures through streamlining ship operation.

Key To Way’s Approaches

Key To Way performed six activities in order to full client’s request:

• Deriving direction of improvement through cost competitiveness comparison compared to competitors

• Improve organizational structure and evaluate compensation system through the analysis of the enterprise organizational system

• Improve organizational structure and evaluate compensation system through the analysis of the enterprise organization system

• Investigate coast-wise shipping industry, competition, Japanese shipping companies reaching implications

• Develop a roadmap for realization of operational efficiency of shipping business

Outcome

• The Client has proceed with the project according to the roadmap that Key To Way established

• Structural parts are being resolved through persuading stakeholders