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Walmart stands up container fleet, uses drivers for drayage

February 20, 2019

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Braunbach emphasized Walmart is far from causing a significant change in its freight needs, but has been pleasantly surprised by the extra efficiency gained by taking more control of intermodal loads.

“Everything is going, frankly, better than planned,” said Braunbach.

The retailer determined its daycab trucks, a minority in its fleet of 8,000 vehicles, were a good fit for drayage. Taking over this part of the chain from 3PLs has saved hours or even days of transit time for each container. For a load traveling from Southern California to South Florida, the time saved can be two to three days. This can be a big plus during peak season when inventory levels need to be finely tuned to keep items in stock while inventory churn is at its height.

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