This Week's Supply Chain by the Numbers - Chinese Manufacturer TCP, Wind Farms, Supply Chain Professional Salary, Dreamliner

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

-July 8, 2009

The Supply Chain and Logistics Numbers Worth Knowing This Week: TCP Turns its Light on Cleveland, Wind Farm Delay May Take the Wind out of Picken's Sails, Climbing the Supply Chain Stairway to Success, Boeing's Impossibly Costly Dream



20-30 cents
The increase in costs to manufacture CFL light bulbs near Cleveland versus the cost in China, as Chinese manufacturer TCP announced plans this week for its first US factory and to enter the branded bulb market here. Its CEO said the cost hit was manageable given the more than $3.00 retail selling price per bulb and savings from being closer to customer demand here.

687

The number of giant wind turbines T. Boone Pickens ordered last year and is about to start receiving from GE – even as he has just announced an indefinite delay in a wind farm project in Texas that was to be home to the turbines. He is looking for someone to take the $2 billion in equipment off his hands.


$109,000
The average starting salary ($92,000 base plus $17,000 bonus) for graduates of MIT’s master’s program in supply chain/logistics in 2008, according to Dr. Chris Caplice, executive director of the Center for Transportation and Logistics there, in a discussion this week with SCDigest.




$1 billion
The new added costs that Boeing will incur to take over the factory of supplier Vought Aircraft Industries, the company announced this week. The latest is a multi-year series of supply chain debacles related to the Dreamliner 787 aircraft launch. Boeing hopes it can speed production levels at the factory for key 787 components, and may open a second 787 production line there in addition to the primary one near Seattle in an attempt to catch up on deliveries for the long delayed new aircraft.