Walmart Canada
Real-time driver feedback leads to safer and more efficient driving.
60, 000 miles daily
350 tractors
4, 000 trailers
700 drivers
Company overview
Walmart Canada, the global retail giant’s Canadian division, is one of Canada’s largest truckload shippers, moving millions of pounds of truckload freight domestically each year.
- 60,000 miles daily within a fleet of 350 tractors, 4,000 trailers, and 700 drivers
- 100+ dispatchers and support staff, across 12 distribution centers, 400+ stores in operation
- 2020 Supply Chain Innovation Award nomination
- 2021 Top Fleet Employer
Benefits recap
- Improved data quality
- Stronger KPIs
- Standardized operating procedures across Canada
“In transportation, you have to manage every minute of your day. This efficiency is saving us minutes here and there, and turning into hours.”
Challenge
Francis Lalonde, vice president of transportation, recalls when Walmart Canada’s legacy telematics system started showing its age.
Increased frequency of maintenance requests, and needing to find workarounds created regular inefficiencies, delays and driver frustrations.
For Walmart Canada, a more modern telematics system was clearly needed—one to allow for a more paperless operation and provide quality, actionable data for improving operations.
- Enabling a truly paperless operation
- Providing quality, actionable data
- Reducing driver and client frustration
Solution benefits
The drivers’ choice
Walmart Canada investigated multiple telematics providers, relying heavily on the feedback of drivers who most directly interact with the technology every day.
Drivers were overwhelmingly pleased with ISAAC’s solution in several areas:
- Overall ease of use
- Fast response and communication times
- Simple DVIR process
- Easy hours-of-service (HOS) module
- Durability of the tablet
Walmart Canada believed ISAAC offered the most dynamic, customizable and real-time electronic logging device (ELD) and telematics system for its operations.
A successful transition
Once Walmart Canada moved forward with ISAAC, it took about two months to install the devices and train everyone.
Lalonde called the process both “smooth” and “lightning fast”.
They immediately saw their biggest pain points addressed, including communication between dispatch and drivers, which saved valuable time to keep the wheels turning.
Walmart Canada was also pleasantly surprised at how much interest drivers took in their own performance with the ISAAC Coach which provides real-time guidance for safe and efficient driving. It scores drivers based on their performance, while eliminating factors outside of their control. Lalonde credits the ISAAC Coach for creating a friendly competition among drivers and significantly boosting driver engagement.
Coach every driver, safeguard every journey
Our comprehensive whitepaper explores the scientific approach behind how the ISAAC Coach leverages advanced telematics for more efficient driving. Find out how implementing the ISAAC Coach can lead to up to 15% in fuel cost savings and enhanced driver safety.
Results
For fleets in a similar situation as Walmart Canada, Lalonde has some straightforward advice. “There’s no time like the present. Updated technology allows for operational and data quality improvements that can level up your business,” he says.
Leveled-up business was the end result for Walmart Canada, as it continually strives to build upon its reputation as a leading safety-focused trucking fleet.
