Supply Chain by the Numbers
   
 

-June 10 , 2010

   
 

This Week’s Supply Chain by the Numbers for June 10, 2010

   
 

State of Logistics Edition - More Numbers from this Year's Report

   
 
 
 

27%

The drop in air cargo revenues in 2009, making it the transport mode taking the biggest hit in terms of shipper spend.

 
 



 

1/6

The fraction of total US truck drivers that is older than age 55, according to the report, potentially leading to a serious driver shortage as the economy recovers and this cohort starts to retire.

 
 
1.48

The peak point of the US inventory to sales ratio, reached in early 2009, as companies were slower responding the recession-fueled drop in demand, according the report, than they were in the 2001 recession. The level is now down to 1.23, according to the latest statistics.

 
 
 
 
2

The total of new locomotives that rail carrier CSX added to its fleet in all of 2009.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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