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Running on empty?
Up one levelEveryone knows retailers and manufacturers could improve their transport efficiency. But what is a realistic target? New research in the UK provides some useful benchmarks, by Alan McKinnon, Yongli Ge and Duncan Leuchars
In the UK food industry, distribution vehicles spend just 28 per cent of their time actually running on the road and are empty on nearly 20 per cent of the distance travelled. Putting all journeys together, the average vehicle carries just over half its full potential load.
