Supply Chain by the Numbers
   
 

-April 29 , 2010
   
 

This Week’s Supply Chain by the Numbers for April 29, 2010

   
 

Fake Nike's Don't Do It; 42% Pay Raises in Indian IT; Material Handling Equipment Sales Moving - but Still Well Below Peaks; Boeing Up to Two - Yes Two - 787s per Month

   
 
 
 

15,000

Number of pairs of counterfeit Nike athletic shoes Federal authorities in New Jersey seized at Port Elizabeth last week as part of a nationwide sweep of counterfeit products. A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesman said the Nike sneakers were found in two shipping containers in New Jersey and were worth some $1 million.

 
 
 



 

42%

The level of salary raises one supply chain software vendor told us this week the market is requiring in 2010 in the Bangalore area, the technology center of India, as aggressive wage inflation returns there for offshore IT work after taking a mild pause (roughly 15% increases) during the recession of 2009.

 
 
 
6-8.5%

Expected growth in US orders for material handling equipment in the US in 2010, according to figures released this week at MHIA’s North American Material Handling Show in Cleveland. At one level, that’s good news for MHE manufacturers and a modestly bullish sign on the economy, but the increase does not get the industry anywhere near back to normal after the steep 37.5% decline in orders in 2009.
 
 
 
 
2

The number of 787 Dreamliner aircraft Boeing is currently able to produce per month, well below the company’s short-term goal of just seven per month, as supply chain snafus stemming from Boeing’s aggressive outsourcing strategies continue to cause schedule delays and cost overruns.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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