STEP-BY-STEP| SOLUTIONS Creating a Lean and Green Culture F ‘ocusing on saving money or going zen doesn't have tobe an either/or proposition. Fabio Duque, global head of consumer vertical for APL Logistics, offers tips for creating efficiencies that have both environmental and financial benefits Re-examine your international expedited transportation mix. If you routinely use air eargo to expedite slobal shipments, consider switching to tie definite ocean shipping, Is often just asteliable cess 75 percent ess than air, and leaves a drastically smaller carbon footprin Consider DC bypass. If you have retail operations or customers neat a particular port, but don’t operate a distribution center inthe area, find a deconsolidation center close by to direct ship products. This could shave up to 24,000 kilowatts and 6,500 kilograms of bom dioxide emissions per 4-fot container shipment off your catbon footprint — and save considerable money, too. ‘Stay on track. Tiainsare far greener form of and transportation than trucks because they emit tworthieds less ear bon dioxide, Plus they're less expensive. even when fctoringin recent drops in fuel ices. Use rail forthe final legof your prod- ‘uel journey whenever you ean, "2 Inbound Logistics» Api 2016 (a) 3PLCentral ‘Add a new dimension to trailer ‘cube utilization. Encourage your ‘Lean or engineering eam to study and ‘measute the specific contents of outbound trucks. Then nan nes trailer eube tliza- tions with the help of the refreshed data, ‘This allows addtional pallets, boxes or cases ‘onto outgoing loads and reduces transis. Invest in bright ideas. Switching from halide or fuorescent to fistares such a5 TS or TS lamps may result in sing 70 percent less lghtselated electricity than you once did, and potentially racking up big savings. Consider using natural ight at your facilities where appropriate ‘Slam the door on heating and Cooling loss. Dock doors that open and close slowly, contain inadequate insulation, or have breaches in the sealing around them waste noney and energy, and could add hundreds of thousands of dollars coftemperature loss and energy waste per year Consider installing newer, faster moving truck door or revamp the sealing around cur- rent doors. This wll belp your facilities hold ‘warm or col arin lenger and significantly reduce sociated heaing and cooling bills. Enhance pallet loadability. A Lean project that focuses on pallet loadabil- ity could play an instrumental role in The Most Powerful and Most increasing the average number of cases your company can ship per pallet and ult- rately allow you to use fewer pallets and truckloads per year. Optimize warehousing networks and layouts. Warehouses can either bbe big part of the problem or a major ppatt of the solution. Thorough and fre~ “quent network optimization will ensure not only that your company has the best warehouse locations from a costcustomer senice perspective, but also that you use the least amount of fuel forthe greatest amount of productivity Re-package. Letting suppliers ‘choose supply chain packaging is akin to shipping dollars out the door because most tend to err on the side of over-protection. Retool this largely tapped area of yous supply chain to rake your supply chain packaging work smarter, not harder. Participate in SmartWay. The nany companies that participate in the Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay Transport Partnership have made significant strides in redueing ‘our industry’s energy use. Even if your ‘company has not been able to participate, ‘rytowork with partners who do. Hl Affordable WMS in The Cloudy