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- Jan. 17, 2013
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Is US Slipping Even in Advanced Manufacturing? UPS-TNT Deal Explodes; Sony Keeps the DVDs Moving; We are Barely Covered with US Made Apparel
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98% |
The amount of clothing worn in the US that is made offshore. That this week from the American Apparel and Footwear Association after the news this week at the NRF show that Walmart was going to increase its level of sourcing from US manufacturers, with apparel cited as one sector of specific focus (the others were furniture and appliances). In sectors such as apparel, however, there are questions as to whether there is enough infrastructure and knowledge left in the US to support a rebirth.
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70 Million |
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Approximate number of DVDs housed at any one time at Sony’s huge 1 million square foot+ distribution center in Bolingbrook, IL, based on information from a tour SCDigest took of the facility this week. We’d say the entertainment world hasn’t gone all on-line yet. The volumes are that high because Sony not only distributes DVDs from its own movie studio, but from many others as well, doing third party fulfillment. The DC uses sophisticated WMS capabilities (Softeon) to optimize across wave picking, cartonization, and downstream sorter capacity (for individual DVDs) to reduce picking costs and maximize equipment utilization
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Amount of a so-called break-up fee that UPS must now pay to Europe’s TNT Express after finally giving up its planned $6.8 billion dollar acquisition of the parcel carrier, which would have given it the leading position in the Euro market, ahead of DHL. That after repeated objections and concessions requests over nine months from European Commissioners concerned about the impact on competition in the market. The latest included demands that UPS sell a number of its assets there to in effect create another competitor in the market.
