FAQ – Transport Sustainability
Is the transport distance for the supplier determined per warehouse?
Yes, the transport distance is unique per warehouse.
How should transport distance be estimated when using international sea transport?
Unfortunately, we do not have the answer to what is the correct method for all types of transport. According to our investigations, Google Maps seems to be an option that is used.
What should I do if a supplier ships by both boat and air freight?
You can post a delivery method that includes both shipping by boat and air freight.
How do you know how large portion of the truck's consumption will be assigned for a small screw weighing next to nothing? Is the truck assumed to drive with a full load at all times?
The calculation is made for the part's weight multiplied by the truck's emissions. How fully loaded the truck is is not taken into account because it is difficult to know and may vary.
What should do if I have goods that are light-weight but bulky, and the weight is not completely determining the freight?
It is accepted that emissions from transport are calculated as weight x distance. (The net weight is used.) Until new directives have been applied, our calculation will follow this concept.
How is shipping to and from subcontractors handled?
Transport to and from the subcontractor is included in the calculation.
How is joint delivery from one supplier handled? That is, a transport with multiple positions.
Since it is always weight x distance that is used in the calculation, this is not affected by joint transport.
Do you think it is possible to get CO2e in grams per ton/km for a certain transport? Normally, you have a shipping agent who is responsible for the shipping and they can use different trucks for the same transport distance.
This will be an average value that you can calculate and enter for the delivery method in question. You may have to create a new delivery method that is a mix to use for the specific shipping agent.
Transport between warehouses cause CO2 emissions. Is it possible to use different calculations per warehouse?
No, that is not possible. There is only one per part.
Example: You have a warehouse (WH1) where you manufacture a part and you can deliver it directly to customers.
But you also have a warehouse (WH2) to where you can send the parts from WH1 and from there deliver to customers.
This means the parts found in WH2 have caused a greater CO2e emission due to the transport from WH1 to WH2, than the parts in WH1.
In Monitor ERP there is only one standard price and only one CO2e value per part.
