Consultants / Researchers

Background

Mr. Tasaka has been acting as Research Fellow with NXLRIC since he completed his assignment as Senior Managing Director in charge of all the research and consulting business of the company in May, 2018.

He has been working with NXLRIC since he came back to Japan in July, 2008 from the United States where he had worked with Nippon Express U.S.A., Inc. three times for 17 years in total. In the United States, he was in charge of and/or involved in various kinds of logistics projects and operations such as international multimodal transportation between Asian countries and North American countries, manufacturing transplantations of automotive manufacturers and their suppliers from Japan to the North America, contract logistics amongst major manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers in the North America and so on.

For the latest 10 years with NXLRIC, he has mainly worked for developing more global research and consulting business based on his experience through hiring new experienced human resources, amending the organization, enhancing international business and even quite frequently participating overseas field trips to countries and areas in ASEAN, BRICS, NAFTA and EU countries as a researcher.

In addition, he has spent a lot of energy for dispersing international transportation and logistics knowledges and information in Japan through acting as a lecturer at seminars of industrial associations, graduate classes of universities and so on.

Expertise

• Logistics strategy formulation
• Total supply chain optimization
• Custom consulting
• Global logistics research
• Cutting-edge technology trends
• Custom research
• International intermodal transport and freight forwarding
• Research and analysis of Japanese logistics and freight transport from a global perspective

Project

• Simulated environment tests inside containers on various international transport routes related to the export of Japanese tea
• Survey on the current status and trends of standardization of distribution and logistics operations
• Survey on vehicle traffic restrictions in various countries
• Estimated report on trends in international ocean container freight rates
• Current status and future outlook for international ocean container transport

Papers

Publications

• “Global Logistics and Trade” (2017, co-authored by Wayts)
• “11th Edition: International Multimodal Transport Operations Handbook” (2023, co-authored), Japan International Freight Forwarders Association
• ＮＸ Logistics Research Institute and Consulting. Logistics Guidebook 2024 – Introductory Overview. 2024. Kindle Edition.

Articles/Papers

• “Changes in the international logistics environment due to the development of cross-border EC” (“Kowan”(Ports and Harbors), October 2017 issue)
• “What are the ‘essential challenges’ that Japan’s transportation industry must overcome?” (“Doro”(Roads), September 2018 issue)
• “Data as the lifeblood that holds the key to IoT in logistics” (“Keidanren”, December 2018 issue)
• “Japan’s logistics, viewed from a global perspective…” (Tomorrow’s Food Industry, April 2019 issue)
• Contributed to many publications including “Wedge ONLINE”, “Japan Maritime Daily”, and “Ryutsu Networking”.

Lecturer・lecture theme

Seminars

• Japan International Freight Forwarders Association “International Multimodal Transport Specialist Certification Course”
• Japan Logistics System Association “Logistics Technology Master Certification Course”, “Logistics Basics Course Lecturer”, “International Logistics Master Certification Course”
• Kyoto University Graduate School of Management, Integrated Port Logistics Chair “Sustainable Supply Chain”, “Asia Business Leader ProjectAsia Business Leader Projectt”
• Kanagawa University Faculty of Law “Corporate Law Practice Special Course I”
• Ryukoku University “International Logistics Practice Course”
• Japan Material Handling Association “Logistics / MH Manager Course” etc.

Lectures

• Issues surrounding logistics in Japan and guidelines for the future
• US logistics situation and maritime legislation
• US labor union situation on the east and west coast ports
• Outlook for freight forwarders in the post-COVID era
• Current situation and issues of logistics in Japan, and future direction
• Data-driven analysis of automobiles surrounding China Trends in related markets
• The future of global logistics chaos
• Exploring the future of SCM after the COVID-19 pandemic
• US West Coast port labor negotiations and the future of logistics chaos
• Japanese companies’ efforts and challenges in East Asian logistics
• The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global logistics and the outlook for the post-COVID era
• The future of SCM after the COVID-19 pandemic
• What will be the future of regional ports and shippers in the 21st century?
• Predicting global logistics in the mid-21st century
• What will global logistics be like in the coming post-COVID era?
• The causes and future outlook for the international container shortage due to the spread of COVID-19 infection
• The latest Brexit situation – what is happening in the logistics field right now
• The current state of logistics in the world and Japan and the outlook for the post-COVID era