Supply Chain by the Numbers: Week of February 19 , 2009
 

-February 19, 2009
   
 

This Week's Supply Chain by the Numbers - Empty Miles, Logistics Stimulus Spending, Megaship Daniela, P&G Ends Promotional Display Tagging

   
 

The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: Empty Trucks Make Loads of Noise; Stimulus Spending Spree Grows a Logistics Money Tree; Daniela the Sea Monster; P&G Bags the Tags

   
 
 
 

26 million

The number of empty miles one retailer said its fleet was driving each year, leading ultimately to a new service from the Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions Association (VICS) organization to create a new service for subscribers to link loads and look for backhaul opportunities.

 
 



 

$35 billion

Roughly the amount of spending allocated for logistic infrastructure in the US stimulus bill signed into law this week. That includes $27 billion for highways and bridges, and $8 billion for high-speed rail improvements.

 
 
13,800

The number of TEUs that the new ship from the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), christened the MSC Daniela, can hold, making it the largest cargo ship by container capacity on the seas. The ship’s first voyage was earlier this month.

 
 
 
 
0

The number of promotional displays Procter & Gamble will tag with EPC/RFID chips for now after ending its trial with Wal-Mart, despite "validating" the strong benefits from the program, apparently in frustration over Wal-Mart not using the data from the RFID reads to really improve store execution of getting the displays to the floor.