JapanManufacturing2025 – ongoingTaiheiyo Cement
AI vessel allocation optimization for cement shipping
Taiheiyo Cement began using AI to plan cement ship allocation, citing about 10% less fuel at the planning stage
Problem
Planning which ships carry which cement involves a huge number of possible combinations, and planners built schedules by hand.
Approach
Taiheiyo Cement developed an AI shipping schedule optimization system with Grid, using Grid's technology. The company says it is the first domestic cement maker to use such a system. Operation started in May 2025.
Results
Takeaway
The article gives no measurement period or method for its fuel and planning-time figures, which are the companies' own.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Business function
- Logistics and supply chainProduction and quality
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Optimization
- Adoption
- Partner co-development
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
Logistics trade news report on the announcement by Taiheiyo Cement and Grid of an AI shipping schedule system running since May 2025. It gives about 10% lower fuel use at the planning stage and over 50% less planning time.
Full details are in the original sources.
