Supply Chain by the Numbers
 

-September 19, 2007

  
     
 

The Numbers Worth Knowing this Week in Supply Chain and Logistics

  
     
  This Week: Biggest Continent is Big On RFID; Army Stronger with RFID; FASTener Shortage Slows Down Boeing; Multi-Stops Save Shippers Multi-Money  
     
 
 
 

60%

The percentage of its RFID projects an executive at Automatic Identification system provider Intermec says are coming from Asia.
 
 
 
16

The number of days it now takes to fulfill requisitions from deployed Army and Marine Corps forces, versus 24 days two years ago. RFID tracking of shipping containers plays a key role in the improvement.
 
 
6

The number of months Boeing is pushing back the original schedule for flight testing of its new 787 Dreamliner due to shortages in fasteners from its supplier base for the aircraft. CEO Jim McNearney says, “"The supply chain is just gradually catching up."
 
 
 
 
10-20%

The price advantage available to shippers from a regional truck load carrier willing to take multi-stop loads versus comparable LTL carrier rates, according to a food service distributor interviewed by Ed Wolfe, a transportation industry research analyst at Bear Stearns.

 
 
 
 
     
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