Supply Chain by the Numbers
   
 

- Oct. 1 , 2010 -

   
 

This Week’s Supply Chain by the Numbers for Oct. 1, 2010

   
 

CSCMP Edition: Driver Shortage Redux; P&G Senses Inventory Opportunity; Lowes Vendor Management Contingent; Glanbia Three Dozen Network Scenarios
   
 
 
 

200,000

The potential number of truck drivers that will be shaken out of the industry from the new Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA 2010) rules, exacerbating the resurgent concerns about driver shortages, according to John Smith, chairman of carrier CRST, during a panel discussion at this week's CSCMP conference.

 
 
 



 

$1 billion

The drop in inventories Proctor & Gamble took out in the first 12 months after implementing new demand sensing software that updates the forecast from its demand planning system for the next four weeks based on point of sale data and other inputs. That technology has helped increase near-term forecast accuracy by 30-40% and improved intelligence about what and where pipeline inventories will be, according P&G supply chain executive Jake Barr during a presentation at CSCMP.
 
 
40

The number of network scenarios Irish food maker Glanbia considered just for Irish delivery network, according to the company's John Mee during a presentation at CSCMP.  After having taken out substantial supply chain costs over the previous three years, the network optimization effort found another 8.5% in potential cost reduction, changes which Glanbia is now executing against.

 
 
 
 
 
44

The number of people in Lowe's vendor management group, according to the company's Todd Whalen during a presentation on CSCMP on the collaborative effort between Lowe's and Whirlpool.  The group managers everything from compliance issues to training to collaboration across Lowes 3000 vendors.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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