--- title: Useful tips to reduce the Carbon Footprint in your Last Mile description: To cut CO2 emissions, as well as fuel bills, enterprises must analyse and implement critical features on their delivery operations... image: https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/hubfs/holger-link-wZTiKB6rQYY-unsplash.jpg --- [hello@psdtohubspot.com](mailTo:hello@psdtohubspot.com) [+91 8874569874](tel:+91%208874569874) Hours : Opens 10:00 AM To 07:00 PM [![logoHD](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logoHD.jpg?width=2500&name=logoHD.jpg "logoHD")](https://www.prophetic-technology.com/) - [Home](https://www.prophetic-technology.com/home) - [Subscribe](https://www.prophetic-technology.com/pt-blog-subscribe-opt-in-consent?hsCtaTracking=174cc371-9cdc-4b94-a32e-9007f0ac4dea%7C0776642c-2604-4695-8e3f-f7a74f10031a) - [Contact Us](https://www.prophetic-technology.com/contact-us-old) - [supply chain](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/supply-chain) - [Sustainability](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/sustainability) # [Useful tips to reduce the Carbon Footprint in your Last Mile](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/useful-tips-to-reduce-the-carbon-footprint-in-your-last-mile) As the exponential growth of e-Commerce goes on, strategic players in the Last Mile delivering servi... [Read More →](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/useful-tips-to-reduce-the-carbon-footprint-in-your-last-mile) - [supply chain (286)](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/supply-chain) - [technology (138)](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/technology) - [logistics (81)](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/logistics) - [procurement (69)](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/procurement) - [optimisation (65)](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/optimisation) Posted by [Dave Food](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/author/dave-food) on Dec 24, 2019 5:05:15 PM ![Dave Food](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/9fa060d35f0f962fafafe972c24035ae) Find me on: [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/davefood) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/davefood) [Twitter](https://www.twitter.com/davefood) As the exponential growth of **e**-*Commerce* goes on, strategic players in the **Last Mile** delivering service are challenged by the ever-increasing customer demands and higher volumes of transportation. This enormous activity demand the need for increased services from top transportation companies like FedEx, UPS, new regional **Last Mile** and **3PLs** providers as well. However*, more vehicles* are equivalent to *more petrol spent* and consequently *more CO2 emitted,* aggravating the pressure on e-Retailers and logistics companies to finance and promote *efficient-technological advancements* and power-driven solutions. Sustainable Logistics researches support that investing in *greener* *trucks* is not the only way to minimise the carbon footprint of the **Last** **Mile**.  To cut **CO2** emissions, as well as fuel bills, enterprises must analyse and implement critical features on their delivery operations, like: - Adding new services and acquiring *local players* to boost up **Last-mile** delivery. - To become *omnichannel* fulfilment, *inventory* and *labour* experts. - To develop *visibility* to enhance delivery and inventory management functions. - To be aware of the types of *vehicles in used*. - To analyse *where* vehicles operate. - The *topography* of *routes*. - To *reallocate* delivery capacity. **Coppel, case study (Tecnológico** **de Monterrey, México)** One of the largest retailers in Mexico (Coppel) is running a project to achieve significant *cost* *savings* and *diminishing* **CO2** emissions, to implement a more largescale-program in the future. This company has more than 1000 *retail stores* around the country and operates a *fleet of more than* 1000 **Last-mile** vehicles with *more or less 30,000 home deliveries daily*.  Its **Last-mile** delivery network makes it an ideal contender for research on *fuel efficiency*. The company truck-fleet consist of a wide range of *vehicle models* and *age* that cope with variable road and traffic conditions. Its area of manoeuvre covers many different *topographies* varying among highly populated *urban areas* as to *rural communities*.  It is challenging to track the *fuel efficiency* of individual vehicles or large-scale commercial carriers, the reason why they need to investigate more on *how* *to* *allocate* delivery fleets over diverse large-geographically areas. Coppel improved the environmental performance of its **Last**-**mile** fleet.  **How do they tackle the problem?** *They used Machine* *Learning* algorithms and models of road conditions based on *geospatial data* supply answers to these many problems: - **Which** *road conditions* most affect fuel consumption. - **How** *vehicle load* impacts fuel consumption, the weight of the vehicles, and more, to finally determine *which model perform the best*. - To confirm how well the *analytical* results, *mirror* real-world **Last**-**mile** movements (home deliveries, distribution centres, and served regions around the country. - To use the study to help Coppel improve the *environmental* *performance* of its **Last**-**mile** fleet.  **Insightful about the study:** - It finds out which cluster has the *highest* *impact* on CO2 emissions. - High vehicle utilisation or even overloading means *no significant effect* on fuel consumptions. - The *type* and *age* of the vehicle produce a notable *effect* on the diesel burn rate (vehicles over eight years old have the most significant emissions factors.) - If a specific vehicle does better on certain routes, then it could *be* *reassigned* according to the variations in performance and reduction in fuel consumption. **Further comments**: *transportation* is the primary source of *greenhouse gas emissions*, and is *responsible* for considerable *carbon* *footprint*; e-commerce volumes could drive this tendency *even* *higher*. *Matching* up vehicles *to* *the* *area* of operation can drive *fuel savings* and *CO2 reductions* without significant investments in green technology delivering service. Logistics and transportation professional should not ignore the potential of their *existing* **Last**-**mile** operation to improve *environmental* *performance.*   **Dave Food** [Prophetic Technology](https://www.prophetic-technology.com/) **Subscribe to our emails & exclusive free content.** **[![I want to subscribe](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2979069/174cc371-9cdc-4b94-a32e-9007f0ac4dea.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2979069/174cc371-9cdc-4b94-a32e-9007f0ac4dea)** - [supply chain](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/supply-chain) - [Sustainability](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/sustainability) - - - ## Post Your Comments Here #### About Us Prophetic Technology is a team of dedicated people that combine their expertise in business domains with a passion to release potential.s every page it appears on. 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