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-November 6, 2008
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The
Numbers Worth Knowing this Week in Supply
Chain and Logistics - November 6, 2008
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This Week: A Little Less Water with that Coke; Levi's Tracks Imports Every Stitch of the Way; RFID Growth to Slow; Baltic Dry is not Very High
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90%
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The astounding fall in the Baltic Dry Index, which tracks ocean shipping rates for basic commodities, from its peak just a few months ago to its levels last week, in what some are calling the greatest popped “bubble” of them all.
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15%
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Expected compound annual growth rate for RFID technology over the next 5 years, according to a new report from ABI Research, much slower than earlier projections.
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The number of checkpoints or milestones that Levi’s monitors for inbound shipments from Asia in its “event management” system, according to an article this week in Investors Business Daily.
