Supply Chain by the Numbers: Week of May 1, 2009
 

-May 1, 2009
   
 

This Week's Supply Chain by the Numbers - Lowe's, Werner, PetSmart, US Truckload Capacity

   
 

The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: Lowe's Knows Where to Go, Jury Decides Against Werner, PetSmart Strives for E"fish"iency, Truckload Capacity Recession Question

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21

Number of countries Lowe's currently source from, according to a presentation this week at the JDA Software User Conference.
 
 



 

$10 million

The damages recently assessed against truckload carrier Werner after an accident in which Werner’s main witness was a state patrol officer who saw the crash and said the carrier was not at fault. A jury decided otherwise nevertheless, according to COO Derek Leathers, at the NASSTRAC conference this week.
 
 
4

The number of “fish” DCs PetSmart currently operates, according to a presentation this week at the JDA Software User Conference. The company is making improvements to run those facilities as “e-fish-ently” as possible.
 
 
 
 
15%

The amount of long-term reduction in US truckload capacity that will come as result of the recession, according to transportation industry analyst John Larkin of Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., at the NASSTRAC conference this week.