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-March 27, 2008 |
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The
Numbers Worth Knowing this Week in Supply
Chain and Logistics |
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This Week: Wal-Mart Toys with Less Packaging; Six Figure Longshoremen begin Negotiations; International Business is Good for Specialty Metals Maker; South Korean Factory Fire Torches Notebook Battery Supply
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The amount of growth that Cleveland-based Horizons, a maker of specialty metals and aluminum, expects to achieve in international sales in 2008, after also doubling in 2007. The company, like others, is benefiting from the fall in the dollar, more rapid growth in developing country markets, and focusing on global sales.
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Number of months that South Korean notebook PC battery maker LG Chem says one of its factories will be down after a recent fire. So what, you say? Dell, HP and other OEMs are now saying Q2 shipments may be impacted by the global notebook battery shortage caused by the fire – as much as 10%.
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The average total compensation (wages and benefits) of West coast port workers (Longshoremen) as contract negotiations begin this week between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association, which represents the ports and terminals.
