Supply Chain by the Numbers: January 10, 2008

Supply Chain by the Numbers

-January 10, 2008

The Numbers Worth Knowing this Week in Supply Chain and Logistics

This Week: Diesel Prices take a Big Bite in 2007; Perry Ellis Finds its Ocean Shipping is a Bit Much; Goodyear's Prices Keep on Rolling; How do you say "Tide" in Chinese?



76
The number of cents the average price of diesel fuel rose in the US in 2007. From $2.58 cents at the end of 2006 to $3.34 at the end of the past year. Ouch!

$220,000

The amount of savings apparel maker Perry Ellis said this week it had saved from doing a better job of auditing its ocean shipping bills.


7
The percentage by which Goodyear said it was raising the price of tires for 2008, as soaring prices for raw materials drive manufacturing costs higher.




3-4
The percentage of its total sales consumer products giant Procter & Gamble now generates from direct sales in China, resulting from many years of effort in the country.