Supply Chain by the Numbers
 

-October 10 , 2008
   
 

The Numbers Worth Knowing this Week in Supply Chain and Logistics - CSCMP 2008 Edititon
   
 

This Week, from the CSCMP 2008 Conference in Denver: Zeiss Optical Sees Big Savings from Lean Distribution, P&G Senses Big Opportuntities from Demand Sensing; HP Pipes Up about Value of Differentiated Supply Chain Pipes; Supercomputers now Super Cheap

   
 
 
 

$10 million

The cost reduction HP’s printer business achieved in Europe, while improving customer service, by using differentiated supply chain “pipes,” or physical channels, depending on where a product is in its lifecycle, according to Christian Verstraete.
 
 



 

10%

 

The level of safety stock inventory reduction that P&G was able to improve in its recent pilot of “demand sensing” technology, according to a CSCMP presentation by the company’s David Mills.
 
 
19%

Labor savings in its Hebron, KY distribution center that Zeiss Optical was able to achieve by embracing lean thinking in its DC operations, according to the company’s Sue Armstrong.
 
 
 
 
$25,000

 

 

The price now available for some "supercomputers," meaning this tremendous computer power can now be easily affordable for shop floor and planning applications, leading to revolutionary new optimization applications, according to futurist Jack Ulrich during a CSCMP key note.

 
 
 
 
 
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