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Featured Partner: Walmart
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's 150+ 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/
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 fueLand 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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Featured Partner: Walmart (continued)
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 2015. 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/smartway
for more information about our Partners.
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