Supply Chain by the Numbers: Week of January 8, 2009
 

-January 8, 2009
   
 

This Week's Supply Chain by the Numbers - Carbon Emissions, Office Depot Closings, Supply Chain Technology Related Growht, Supply Chain Disruption and Stock Prices

   
 

The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: Dell's Emissions Omission; Risk Taker - Stock Breaker, Office Depot Shutters DCs; Supply Chain Technology Growth

   
 
 
 

5 million

The number of tons of carbon emissions created by Dell’s suppliers and logistics providers, which are not included in Dell’s official report that it emitted 498,000 tons in 2008, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal.
 
 



 

19%

The drop in stock price over two years for a company that experiences a supply chain disruption versus the average company, according to a new study from the accountants at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, which largely confirms earlier research on this topic by Georgia Tech’s Vinod Singhal.
 
 
6

The number of distribution centers office products retailer Office Depot recently announced will be closing, out of 33 current facilities, as the company looks to lower logistics costs.
 
 
 
 
7%

 

 

Perhaps surprisingly, the expected annual growth through 2012 in supply chain-related technology, according to a new report from AMR Research.  AMR says that despite the economic slowdown, a variety of forces will drive companies to continue to invest in technology to reduce costs.