The 2014 Renault-Nissan Alliance Award for “Inbound Logistics Performance” recognizes best practice and excellence in Kaizen achievement. Renault-Nissan Alliance Logistics Europe Division specified three particular areas of Yusen Logistics’ LTL network across Central Europe which covers Poland, Czech, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania; and an LTL collection service managed via two strategic hubs in Prague and Budapest. These hubs collect and deliver to more than 300 suppliers a day, supplying the Renault-Nissan plants in France, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey and the UK. Yusen Logistics was praised for:
  • Excellence: filling rates and route optimization for line-haul; 
  • Best practice: Optimization of the loading capacity by actual weight of the goods. Increase of 10 percent of filling rate in terms of weight (Czech Republic -Turkey flows);
  • Integrity and Innovation: Communication with Renault-Nissan Alliance Engineering and Inbound Operations.
 The three further awards which are from Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK (NMUK), were presented to the Yusen Logistics teams in the Czech Republic, Hungary and the UK, with each country operation ranked as among the plant’s best Logistics providers for operational performance related plant delivery. The awards recognize Yusen Logistics’ continuous support in helping Nissan’s Sunderland Plant achieve yet further milestones, in particular the successful launch of three new models in one year, while also achieving volumes of 500,000-plus for the second consecutive year.