Supply Chain by the Numbers: April 17, 2008

Supply Chain by the Numbers

-April 17, 2008

The Numbers Worth Knowing this Week in Supply Chain and Logistics

This Week: Reduction in "Customer Miles" at Kimberly-Clark Nothing to Sneeze At; Too Many Configurations at Dell Lead to Change in Strategy; Hasbro Toys with Rising Costs of Producing in China; Russian Oil Wells Thirsty for Investment



2.8 million
The reduction in “customer miles” per year driven by Kimberly Clark from its DCs to retail and other customers as a result of its “network of the future” optimization project.

500,000

The number of potential configurations many Dell computers had in the make-to-order model, which added many supply chain and manufacturing costs. The company now plans to adopt new product design and production strategies.


15%
The increase in costs expected by toy maker Hasbro in 2008 for product made in China, as a result of the falling dollar and rising labor rates there.




$1 trillion
The amount of money Russia will need to invest over the next 20 years just to maintain its current oil production output of about 10 million barrels per day – surprising news from the world’s second largest oil producer.