Supply Chain by the Numbers: February 7, 2008

Supply Chain by the Numbers

-February 7, 2008

The Numbers Worth Knowing this Week in Supply Chain and Logistics

This Week: China's Thirst for Oil; Despite Troubles, Boeing Soars; Bon-Ton Stores Embraces On-Demand TMS; China's Increasing Demand for Copper



38%
Rise in total demand for oil in China since 2003.

10.7%

The record operating margins realized by aircraft maker Boeing last year, even with the supply chain problems with the new Dreamliner 787 aircraft, as the Lean Six Sigma programs championed by CEO Jim McNerney helped improve productivity in existing aircraft production.


314
The average number of inbound vendor shipments that transportation planners at The Bon-Ton Stores are now able to manage per day after implementation of a new on-demand TMS, versus just 40-50 before the new technology. The Bon-Ton TMS and vendor compliance optimization story will be featured in two upcoming SCDigest Videocasts. To register, go to: http://www.thesctvchannel.com/Videocast_TMS_Compliance_Bon-Ton.php




22.7%
The amount of the world's copper production now consumed by China, versus 12.4% for the US. The surging demand in China is a key factor in the continued long-term upward pricing trend for the metal, which is off its 2006 highs but rising again so far this year.