Case Study: Roland DG cuts lead times up to 26 days with project44 lead-time visibility
Key results
The challenge
Roland DG, a Japanese manufacturer of digital printing and imaging equipment, shifted from push-based forecasting to pull-based replenishment. That change required precise lead-time visibility across global supply chains to avoid both stockouts and overstocking amid fluctuating transportation lead times.
The solution
Roland DG implemented project44's multimodal visibility platform integrated with internal business-intelligence tools, enabling real-time shipment tracking, quantitative lead-time measurement, segment-level trend analysis, and bottleneck identification across transportation routes.
“Even the management team was surprised that we were able to achieve results this quickly and to such an extent.”
YYYukinori YamamotoManager, Logistics Management Unit, Roland DG
The results, in context
According to project44's customer story, improved route planning and direct-route adoption cut lead times by up to 26 days on key routes. Roland DG reported reducing safety stock by hundreds of millions of yen and avoiding tens of millions of yen in unnecessary air-freight costs in the first year of implementation, alongside a broader shift toward data-driven lead-time management.