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In April 2001, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical
spun off an important business segment, and its wholesale division
was reestablished as Kobasyou Co., Ltd. In this new framework,
Kobasyou is dedicated to total customer satisfaction. At Kobasyou
we say, Your Business is Our Business, the prosperity of our
customers is our joy, and our mission.
Instilled with this spirit from the beginning,
we at Kobasyou believe that "You our customers may wish and
we make it real". We offer our customers and retailers products
and services they were never aware of, and aim to be a wholesaler
that is also a business partner. In the future, Kobasyou will
actively encourage mergers and acquisition, engage in expanding
the product line-up by taking advantage of our scale and broad
geographical coverage, improve the efficiency of our logistics,
endeavor to reduce our overheads, and strive to further increase
our corporate value.
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 Overview
| Office Address |
2-3-4, Nihonbashi Honcho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0023 |
| Sales |
1,258 billion yen (as of March 2003) |
Representative Director
and President |
Shouichi Watanabe |
| Business Description |
Wholesale of healthcare products, contact care products, dairy products and other daily goods to pharmacies, drug stores, super markets and additional retailers selling general drugs. |
| URL |
http://www.kobashou.co.jp/ |
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History
| 1888 | Founder Cyubei Kobayashi establishes a drug wholesale business in Hirokoji, Naka-ku in Nagoya. |
| 1947 | Tokyo Kobayashi Daiyakuho, Ltd., the first presence in Tokyo, is established. |
| 1969 | Sales of the commercial division exceed 15 billion yen. |
| May 1980 | Ibaraki Logistics Center completed, and the DSP movement is launched in the Osaka region. |
| October 1980 | Kanto Commercial Division is newly established. |
| August 1986 | kics5000, a POS register, is released. |
| January 1989 | Business rights of the Medical Division (clinical drug wholesale business unit in Tokyo and Kanagawa)are transferred to Touhou Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| January 1991 | Formation of broad partnership with Hakugendo, wholesaler of daily goods, primarily in the logistics field. |
| April 1991 | Hakugendo, a joint venture for the wholesale of daily goods, is established. |
| February 1993 | Physical Distribution of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd established. |
| September 1994 | The first "shop plan proposal meeting" held. In this meeting, Kobayashi proposes two sales patterns for atopy related products, which are widely appreciated by customers. |
| December 1994 | Transfer of business rights in the Medical Sales Unit, Kanto Commercial Division, to Fukushin, Ltd. |
| July 1996 | Introduction of space management system, planogram. |
| April 1997 | IT Serivce Unit spins off and Kics Co., Ltd. Is established |
| April 2001 |
Commerce Division of Kobayashi
Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd spins off and is reestablished
as Kobasyou Co., Ltd. |
| October 2001 |
Kobasyou acquires stakes of
Kensyou and Kensyou becomes a Kobasyou subsidiary.
This move expanded Kobasyou's business area to Chugoku
region. |
| November 2001 |
Kobasyou and Asuthisu, Ltd.
form a partnership, expanding Kobasyou's business
area to Shikoku region. |
| February 2002 |
Kobasyou partners with Asuthisu
Ltd, Daiwa Chemical Co., Ltd, Kouwa Chemical Co.,
Ltd. |
| March 2002 |
Kobasyou's subsidiary, Kobasyou
Drug, forms joint venture with Cosmovalley.com Co.,
Ltd. |
| June 2002 |
Kobasyou subsidiary Kensyou,
acquires business rights to the drug wholesale operation
of Seinasu Co., Ltd. |
| April 2003 | Kobasyou, Asuthisu. Ltd., Kouwa Chemical, Ltd., and Daiwa Chemical, Ltd. agree to invest and form a joint venture which specializes in the wholesale of over-the-counter drugs, targeting the entire Shikoku region. The agreement includes the transfer of all respective business rights in over- the-counter drug wholesale operations to the joint venture. |
| May 2003 | Provision of business support services to pharmacies, drug stores and drug manufacturers utilizing broadband networks. |
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Commercial Scope of Wholesale Operations
| October 2001 | Kensyou Co., Ltd becomes a subsidiary as Kobayashi increases holding from 25% to 51%. |
| September 2002 | Kensyou Co., Ltd. acquires the over-the-counter drug wholesale operation from Seinasu Co., Ltd., and Kobayashi's share in Seinasu rises to 44%. |
| September 2002 | Kobayashi ties up with three medical wholesale companies: Asuthisu Ltd, Daiwa Chemical Co., Ltd, and Kouwa Chemical Co., Ltd. |
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Wholesale Business Flow
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