Moving Our Products The Smart Way

• JENNIFER BLUM
• COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
• ARMADA SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS
OPPORTUNITY
EPA SmartWay is a brand program that promotes environmentally cleaner and more fuel-
efficient transportation options by identifying products and services that reduce
transportation-related emissions. The brand signifies a partnership among government,
business and consumers to protect our environment, reduce fuel consumption and improve air
quality through significant and measurable greenhouse gas improvements while maintaining
or improving other current emission levels.

SOLUTION
LXP, an Armada Supply Chain Solutions company and McDonald’s distribution partner,
implemented multiple initiatives to reduce greenhouse gases caused by transportation
equipment and activity. Specifically, LXP is taking action to provide positive results in the
reduction of climate change through qualifying for EPA SmartWay certification, requiring that
all LXP carriers handling McDonald’s freight be SmartWay-certified by December 2010. LXP is
also accelerating an intermodal conversion program, in which the trailer part of the truck is
transported by railroad to save money and reduce greenhouse gases.

RESULTS
LXP earned SmartWay certification in 2009 and has been working toward its goal of all carriers
becoming certified under the SmartWay program. Through December 31, 2009, LXP’s levels of
compliance on its total number of loads have gone from 68percent to 88 percent, and it
expects to secure 100 percent carrier compliance by December 31, 2010 for all McDonald’s
traffic. In addition, LXP initiated a conversion program from over-the-road trucking to
intermodal in 2008 and through December 31, 2009 had reduced its carbon footprint by 1,173
tons while simultaneously increasing the number of loads by 4,062 and removing 2,224 cars
from the road. LXP has not only created significant savings in freight expenditures but also a
reduction of the carbon footprint previously created by equal volumes of the OTR movement.
The company has targeted an additional 2,500 shipments for conversion to intermodal in
2010.