Transportation data

Accurate transportation data plays a key role in your LCA calculations. This article helps you understand how to choose and use the right transportation data to improve your LCA quality.

Please note

If you are looking for more hands-on information on how to add transportation data to your product, please see the Creating a product article.

Understanding transportation calculations

Transportation in EandoX consists of two main parts: material transport to your factory, and product delivery to customers. Let's look at how each of these work.

Material transport to factory

When you add a material, EandoX starts with a generic transport distance representing typical supplier-to-factory routes. While this generic data is a good starting point, using your actual supply chain distances will make your LCA more accurate.

You can customize these distances in the Transport data tab in the Material sidepanel. For example, if you receive steel rolls from a supplier in Berlin to your factory in Ystad, you would enter this specific route distance and select how it's transported (truck, train, etc.).

Product delivery to customers

Customer delivery distances are managed at the EPD level in the Impact Handling section. Like material transport, you can use either:

• Generic distances
• Custom distances for specific routes

For instance, if your Ystad factory supplies products across Sweden, you might use the average distance from Ystad to a central location, like Stockholm, as your A4 transport distance, along with the correct mode of transport.

Get the distance right

When calculating delivery distances, consider using a central location in your main market as the delivery point. This gives you a reasonable average for your calculations.