Logistics in the food industry faces many challenges in Japan: a shortage of truck drivers, rising distribution costs, and increasingly strict environmental restrictions on CO2 emissions. Ajinomoto Logistics Corporation (ALC) has been tackling the problem by increasing employee welfare and bringing in more trailer trucks. On top of that, ALC also Introduced the Relay Liner® – a creative tactic that improves operation efficiency while reducing long-haul operations with a relay center in between Mie distribution center and Kuki distribution center – the Shizuoka Relay Center.