Supply Chain by the Numbers
   
 

-May 21 , 2010
   
 

This Week’s Supply Chain by the Numbers for May 21, 2010

   
 

Samsung Puts Money where its Forecast is; Cap and Trade Reveals Real Dollars; SKU Reductions in Retail Continue; Factory Capacity Drops in Recovery
   
 
 
 

$15.6 billion

The amount of capital spending on new factories and factory automation that South Korean electronics giant Samsung said it will spend this year, double its investment levels of 2009, as it expressed confidence in the recovery of the global economy this week.

 
 



 

33%

The goal a major specialty goods retailer has for reducing has its in-store levels of SKUs, taking it down from some 38,000 stock keeping units currently, as discussed at the Demand Optimization Council meeting at JDA Software user conference meeting this week in Las Vegas. SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore was there, but can’t name the specific company. Part of a continuing trend.

 
 
$12 and $25.00

The floor and ceiling prices of carbon emissions allowances for one ton of emissions in 2013, according to the newly proposed climate bill in the Senate. All those who understand what that really means in practice please raise your hands now. We attempt to sort it out at Trying to Understand the New Senate Climate Bill and its Impact on US Supply Chains.)
 
 
 
 
1.7%

The decrease in total US factory capacity since its peak in late 2008, with April capacity decreasing .1% even as the economy recovers. That may not sound like much, but the only other period where total US factory capacity has declined since they started keeping records on this was in 2001 recession, when total capacity fell just .6%.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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