Supply Chain by the Numbers for Week of September 9, 2010

Supply Chain by the Numbers

- Sept. 9 , 2010 -

This Week’s Supply Chain by the Numbers for Sept. 9, 2010

Ford Forgets Move Back to US; Siemens says It will be The Green Supply Chain Leader; India Logistics Inefficiency Costs it Big Time; P&G Invests in Huge China DC



$50.00
The approximate fully loaded cost per hour for Ford workers in the UK right now, down from $62.00 just a year ago, the result the falling value of the Euro. The change caused the state of Kentucky, however, as Ford this week announced it was cancelling plans to move production of one model from Europe to the Bluegrass state due to changing cost dynamics.

The position German industrial giant Siemens says it intends to claim by being the first company to create an "entirely environmentally friendly supply chain," according to its chief sustainability officer this week. Siemens says it will invest 100 million Euros over the next two and a half years to make its factories greener.


$65 billion
The estimated annual cost to India from it inefficient logistics systems, the result of both poor infrastructure and efficiency-zapping regulations, according to an industry group in the country. The report notes India spends about 13% of its GDP on logistics, versus 7-8% for most developed economies




$100 million
The total investment in a new Procter & Gamble distribution center in Guangzhou, China, said this week to be the consumer product giant's largest Asian DC and second largest in the world. The investment will be shared between P&G and the local goverment, though details are not yet clear.