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-June 4 , 2010
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Sainsbury's Visible Inventory; P&G's Green Scorecard; GNC is all about Piece Picking; Chinese Workers Flex their new Found Muscles
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The average number of piece picks per hour - very fast! - that health products retailer GNC is able to achieve with verification using its home developed pick cart system, according to a recent Videocast on The Supply Chain Television Channel. For basic bottles of vitamins or supplements, the rate can reach 1500 units per hour per picker. (See GNC Uses In-House Developed Pick Carts to Turbocharge Piece Picking.)
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1900
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The approximate number of workers who went on strike May 21 at Honda’s Foshan, China transmission plant, closing Honda’s four Chinese assembly factories for awhile. The strike just ended, with workers receiving 24% or so wage increases. The action was noteworthy because in general strikes are not permitted in China, and for awhile the action was well covered by Chinese media, leading some to suggest wages will rise still further in the country. (See Is the Cheap Chinese Labor Party Quickly Coming to an End?)
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The number of suppliers Procter & Gamble now has using its Sustainability scorecard, according to Chief Purchasing Officer Rick Hughes in an interview with our Dan Gilmore this week. Look for the video interview next week.
