SmartWay
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency*
Featured Partner: Walmart
About Walmart
What started small, with a single
discount store and the simple idea
of selling more for less, has grown
over the last 50 years into the
largest retailer in the world. Today,
nearly 260 million customers visit
more than 11,500 stores under
72 banners in 28 countries and
e-commerce sites in 11 countries
each week. With 2015 revenue of
$482.1 billion, Walmart employs 2.2
million associates worldwide —1.4
million in the United States alone.
Walmart'sl50+ distribution
centers are hubs of activity for
its business. Its distribution
operation is one of the largest in
the world—servicing stores, clubs,
and direct delivery to customers.
Annually, Walmart's U.S. fleet
drives 700 million miles on a fleet
of 6,200 tractors, over 60,000
trailers and more than 7,500
drivers.
http://corporate.walmart.com/
Walmart
"Every day at Walmart we are proving that
sustainability makes business sense and in 2015 we
reached our goal to double our US fleet efficiency
over a 2005 baseline. Participation in SmartWay as both a shipper and carrier gives us
a tool to measure our own, as well as our carriers', progress toward reducing our footprint
and helps us identify where and how we can continue to progress. We want to work with
companies that share the same ideals and in 2014 over 98 percent of our outsourced miles
were on SmartWay carriers."
— Tracy Rosser, Senior Vice President, Walmart Transportation LLC
Why SmartWay?
When Walmart joined SmartWay, the retail giant wanted a credible and reliable
source from which it could quickly learn about new trends and technologies impacting
the transportation industry. Through SmartWay's regularly-scheduled webinars and
other partner resources, Walmart learns of studies and research that is occurring in
the market. From there, Walmart has the ability to review its operations to see where
it can implement some of those processes and technologies and increase efficiency.
Additionally, the data reports from the tools allow the company to review its annual
footprint and the progress it is making towards reducing its impact on the environment.
Making Strides in Efficiency
As a SmartWay partner, Walmart engages in many activities to help increase its
transportation efficiency, including:
Reducing Miles
Together with its truck drivers, Walmart works constantly to ensure that it's moving
merchandise in responsible, sustainable ways. Drivers follow the most efficient safe
routes to their destinations, and work to minimize the number of "empty miles" they
drive. This way, Walmart's drivers use less fuel, drive fewer miles and maximize the
merchandise delivered while minimizing its environmental impact.
Filling the Trailer
By working closely with its store operations as well as replenishment, Walmart is
able to ensure that it has optimal delivery frequency and volumes. Its merchants
and product vendors use innovative product and packaging design so that the
company can put more cases on every trailer. Walmart also works with its
loaders and gives them the tools they need to get the job done.
Efficient Equipment
Walmart works with equipment suppliers to help drive innovation,
thereby reducing fuel and emissions while increasing efficiency
and safety. Walmart will continue to work with them to push
technology. Additionally, we rely on our maintenance team to
deliver the needed reliability for its operations.
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Effective Driving Techniques
Several factors account for a truck's fuel efficiency. While changing terrain and weather can play a role, there is no greater
controllable impact on a truck's efficiency performance than the driver of that truck. Through weekly reporting, Walmart is
able to monitor a driver's performance in a variety of driving categories. The driver's techniques - from how long they idle to
how they accelerate - have a direct impact on the performance of the truck. Tracking them allows the company to have well-
informed conversations with drivers to better manage the things they can control while delivering a load of freight.
Manage What You Measure
Over the past 10 years, Walmart has tracked the efficiency of its U.S. transportation operations based on the number of
cases of product shipped per gallon of fuel burned, and the company has employed a number of complementary strategies
to improve its fleet's performance. These strategies include increasing trailer fills, decreasing the number of miles per route,
and investing in more efficient equipment.
Benefits and Results
In 2005, Walmart committed to a momentous goal: doubling the efficiency of its U.S. fleet by the end of 201 5. By working
with associates to establish more efficient techniques for loading, routing, and driving, as well as through collaboration with
tractor and trailer manufacturers on new technologies, Walmart achieved this goal on schedule. With these new efficiencies,
the company's year-end results were a 102.2 percent improvement over its 2005 baseline, with associated savings of nearly
$1 billion annually, and avoided emissions of almost 650,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide. As compared to 2005, in
2015 alone, Walmart moved over 1 billion more cases while driving nearly 460 million fewer miles.
Future Plans
Walmart believes that sustainability doesn't just make sense for the environment; it also makes sense for the business. Based
on that principle, the company continues to seek out opportunities to improve its efficiency and reduce its footprint. By
running a more efficient, safe operation, Walmart is able to take cost out of its supply chain that it can then return to its
customers in the form of lower prices. In turn, Walmart strengthens its relationship with the community as it delivers savings
to individuals and families.
What's Next?
With today's fast-paced technology advances, Walmart plans to stay actively engaged
as a SmartWay partner. Walmart has found the partnership provides an avenue
where it can gain valuable insight into what others are doing in the industry, and
will apply those lessons to its business where they make sense.
Please visit the SmartWay website at www.epa.gov/

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