Supply Chain by the Numbers: Week of April 23, 2009
 

-April 23, 2009
   
 

This Week's Supply Chain by the Numbers - Strategic Suppliers, Wal-Mart, JDA Software, JB Hunt

   
 

The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: Glass Makers Suffer Glass Jaw, Wal-Mart Giving More Cases and Taking Less Miles, JDA Software Going with the Flow, JB Hunt Taking the Cutback
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14

The number of its strategic suppliers (those where re-sourcing was difficult) that NSG Group, one of the world’s leading glass makers, says have gone bust in the past six months.

 
 



 

-7%

The reduction in transportation miles Wal-Mart achieved in the past year while shipping 3% more cases.

 
 
$33.1 million

Impressive cash flow generation from operations by supply chain software provider JDA Software in the first quarter, a good sign overall it seems to us. Sales and profits were down a bit in Q1, but the cash flow number was up substantially.

 
 
 
 
948

Number of tractors truckload carrier JB Hunt has pulled from the highway in the past year in the face of slumping demand.