Female Truck Drivers Don’t Have to Worry! How to reduce loading and unloading work and create a comfortable working environment for women?

日本国内の物流は様々な課題を抱えています。その中でも「物流の2024年問題」と呼ばれているのは、2024年4月1日以降、働き方改革関連法によって、ドライバーの人々の労働時間にも制限がかかることです。労働力不足の観点から、女性ドライバーの活躍がのぞまれています。そのため、従来男性ドライバーが行っていた手荷役作業も女性でも対応できるよう省力化していく必要があります。

この記事では、荷役作業を省力化し女性ドライバーでも対応できる方法をご紹介します。

Female drivers are desired.

The decline in the working population due to the falling birthrate and aging population has become a major issue in all industries and sectors, and the utilization of women is attracting attention in all industries. Among other things, it is inevitable that the logistics industry will face a labor shortage as reforms in the way of working proceed, as called the “2024 problem in logistics. However, compared to all industries, the utilization of women in the transportation industry (drivers) has not progressed very well.

(Source: Compiled by Nittsu Research Institute based on Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications: Labor Force Survey (2017) )

Reasons for the lack of women's advancement

ドライバーは３Kのイメージがあり、中でも重労働で「キツイ」印象があるため、女性の活用が進んでいないのが現状です。ドライバーの作業の中で最も重労働なのは、荷役作業です。荷役作業とは物流の過程における荷の取り扱い作業の全般を指します。トラックからの荷物を降ろすことに始まり、出庫するまでの一連の業務が荷役作業です。国土交通省が2015年に公表したデータによると、トラックドライバーの1運行（手持ちがある場合）あたりの平均拘束時間は約13.5時間であり、そのうち約33％に当たるおよそ4.5時間は「手持ち」、「荷役作業」が占めています。

この荷役作業という重労働を削減することができれば、女性でも活躍できる労働環境に近づけるのではないかと考えています。

How to save labor in cargo handling - "Slit Container," a material handling system for efficient cargo handling

We introduce a method that saves labor for manual cargo handling and can be handled even by female drivers. It is the “slit container,” a new material handling system that streamlines cargo handling operations and solves logistics problems. The slit container is a container bag made of membrane material that allows forklifts to move and load/unload cargo without using pallets. The special patent-pending specifications allow moving, storing, and transshipping without touching the cargo inside, and after use, the container can be folded into a compact size for immediate retrieval.

Slit Container Features

Slit containers can be used to unitize cargo without using pallets. The unitized cargo can be hung by a forklift for loading and unloading, and the slit container can be removed on the spot after unloading. This prevents leakage of collection and increases costs due to management to prevent leakage of collection, and also prevents a decrease in loading efficiency by compactly folding the container when not in use.

Advantages of using slit containers

The use of slit containers for cargo handling operations offers four main advantages

Advantage 1 : No dismounting

The ability to unitize loads eliminates inefficient and labor-intensive bulk unloading.

Advantage 2: No manual transshipment

Transshipment can be done with ease using a forklift instead of manual labor.

Advantage 3: No burden of loading and unloading work for drivers

Labor and time can be saved by eliminating manual loading, unloading, and manual transshipment.

Advantage 4: No pallet shipping waste

Slit containers are lightweight, compact, and foldable, and can be hung by a forklift for loading and unloading and immediately collected after use. Compared to pallets, slit containers do not weigh down loading efficiency and do not incur collection costs.

summary

Due to the shortage of working population caused by the declining birthrate and aging population, women are expected to play an active role in the industry, and the logistics industry, which is facing the “Logistics 2024 Problem,” is no exception to this trend, and female drivers are required to play an active role. However, the current situation is that women are not being fully utilized in the industry due to the heavy workload and other factors. Taiyo Kogyo’s “Slit Container” is a solution to this problem. The slit container requires no pallets and dramatically improves the efficiency of cargo handling work, making it easier for female drivers to work. For more information, please contact us. Please feel free to contact us. For more information, please contact us. Please feel free to contact us.

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