Supply Chain by the Numbers
   
 

-June 24 , 2010
   
 

This Week’s Supply Chain by the Numbers for June 24, 2010

   
 

U.S. Manufacturing Dominance May Drop By 2013; Low Warehouse Vacancy Rate Around CA Ports; Study Reveals % Of Companies With Supply Chain Strategy; Nike Expects Drop In Profit Margin

   
 
 
 

110

Number of years that that the US has been tops in the world in manufacturing - a dominance now threatened by China, which IHS Global Insights said this week would take the number 1 spot by 2013 or 2014. (See IHS Global Insights Now Says China Manufacturing to Exceed US Levels in next 3-4 Years.)

 
 



 

6.6%

The current vacancy levels in warehouse space around the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, according to a new report by real estate firm Jones Lang Lasalle. That is very low given the more than 20% decline in container volumes the two ports saw in 2008/09. By contrast, warehouse vacancies in the Port of Savannah are reported to be 17.6%, according to the report, the highest among the 12 US ports analyzed. 7 of the 12 had vacancy rates over 10%.
 
 
15%

The number of companies that have a documented supply chain strategy in place, according to the recently released book The New Supply Chain Agenda, by Reuben Slone, Paul Dittmann, and the late John Mentzer.
 
 
 
 
1%

The expected drop in profit margin levels for this year versus last year for athletic gear giant Nike due rising costs for oil, labor and freight, according to Chief Financial Officer Don Blair this week. Interestingly, financial analysts noted Nike's relatively small manufacturing base in China, as concerns about rising labor costs there are suddenly all the news. (See Update - Labor Dynamics Continue to Change in China as Workers get Bold.)

 
 
 
 
 
 
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