Industry First! "LEAN PATH ORDER" Order Optimization System for Trading Companies and Manufacturers Launched, Automating Forecast Accuracy and Order Planning

LEAN PATH Inc. (Headquarters: Toshima-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Takeshi Yoshida), which maximizes profits from existing businesses, announces the launch of its order optimization system for trading companies and manufacturers, "LEAN PATH ORDER," effective July 6, 2026.

*Industry First: According to East Ventures research.

Inquiries about "LEAN PATH ORDER" can be made here.

Development Background

For example, in the automotive industry, Japan's largest industry, while significant growth in production volume is unlikely, raw material prices, logistics costs, and labor costs continue to rise. In this environment, companies are increasingly unable to absorb these costs through price increases alone, leading to squeezed profits. Consequently, order placement operations in trading and manufacturing industries have become more critical themes directly linked to management than ever before.

However, on the ground, there are significant fluctuations in advance notice information, which forms the basis for demand forecasting. The psychological pressure to "avoid line stoppages" leads to excess inventory and dead stock, increasing inventory costs. On the other hand, efforts to reduce inventory raise the risk of stockouts, creating a dilemma. Order placement staff are forced to rely on judgments based on experience and intuition, making adjustments daily. This situation carries significant risks, including the concentration of such tasks among experienced personnel, the inability to pass on knowledge due to an aging workforce, and the fragmentation of data due to siloed information on inventory, orders, demand, and shipments.

Against this backdrop, "LEAN PATH ORDER" was developed to integrate advance notice, inventory, and actual performance data for trading and manufacturing companies, simultaneously achieving inventory optimization, operational efficiency, and improved profit margins. It transforms order placement operations, which have traditionally relied on the "intuition and experience" of veterans, into a replicable "system," contributing to the sustainable growth of companies.

What is the Order Optimization System "LEAN PATH ORDER"?

What "LEAN PATH ORDER" can solve

Before

After

Profit squeeze due to excess inventory

Reduced profitability due to excess warehousing costs and unnecessary capital tie-up.

Inventory Optimization

10% reduction in order volume through analysis of past advance notices, leading to reduced warehousing costs and improved capital efficiency.

Excess logistics costs due to stockouts

Increased emergency shipping costs (e.g., AIR) and additional work for customer support.

System "pre-alerts" for necessary orders

Products requiring orders are noticed via icons or lists.

Enormous transcription work

Stressful manual data entry and risk of transcription errors.

Automates 8 hours of transcription work

Zero transcription with simple drag-and-drop.

Personalized ordering

Inconsistent accuracy due to ordering based on intuition and experience.

Generates optimal orders even for new employees.

Transforming order placement from "people" to a "system."

Summary work for advance notice history

Searching past emails to create advance notice history when negotiating inventory procurement.

Centralized management of advance notices in a database

Instant search, analysis, and output of past data.

Creating consolidated orders for multiple products

Difficult to plan consolidated shipments for multiple products.

Automatic creation of consolidated orders with one click

Consolidated orders meeting conditions are automatically generated.

Pilot Implementation Results

・Categories handled: Specialized chemical trading company

・Number of employees: 80

・Annual sales: 12 billion yen

・Pilot implementation period: 6 months from October 2025

・Results: Profit improvement of approximately 10 million yen in a single month (equivalent to over 100 million yen annually).

Furthermore, upon implementation, "LEAN PATH ORDER" provides two months of operational design support, including order preparation, order creation, and delivery date management, tailored to the client's business, to enable optimal order placement operations.

First Free Online Seminar Since Launch!

LEAN PATH, in conjunction with RemitAid Inc., a provider of international money transfer and payment services, will jointly host a free online seminar for companies involved in overseas transactions, titled "Profit Protection for Overseas Trading Companies: Practical Seminar on Reducing Remittance Costs x Order Optimization," on July 7, 2026 (Tue) from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM.

We encourage participation from those with overseas bases, particularly in ASEAN, who engage in inter-branch transactions, or those looking to improve inefficiencies in inventory management and order placement to increase profit margins.

Details and registration here.

About LEAN PATH Inc.

With a purpose to "provide innovations that change people's lives," LEAN PATH Inc. is a technology company that solves inefficient operational challenges such as "delivery date adjustments" and "excess inventory" in supply chains of secondary industries like the automotive industry through cloud data integration. Our goal is to solve common issues faced by trading companies and manufacturers worldwide with Japanese-origin solutions and create an environment where everyone can work without stress.

Company Name: LEAN PATH Inc.

Established: July 2021

Headquarters Address: 2-62-8 Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, BIG OFFICE PLAZA Ikebukuro 1206

Representative: CEO Takeshi Yoshida

Company Website: https://lean-path.com/

Inquiries about "LEAN PATH ORDER" can be made here.