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Reverse Logistics: Money Tree or Money Pit?
by Gail Dutton
July 4, 2010

Reverse logistics—the process of returning, recovering, testing, repairing, restocking, reshipping and disposing of products—doesn’t have to be a money pit. Savvy companies are using it to contain costs, boost revenue and buttress customer loyalty.

A recent study by the Aberdeen Group puts numbers to those assertions. Specifically, in the report “Reverse Logistics: Driving Improved Returns directly to the Bottom Line,” the Aberdeen Groups says that companies with best-in-class reverse logistics processes slashed the time it took to return parts from nearly 17 days to just over 4 days. The cost of repairs dropped 10 percent last year, compared to only 4 percent decreases for everyone else. Customer satisfaction was high at 93 percent, versus 81 percent for all others.

IFW Report by Damian Brett | Thu, 24 Jun 2010

The price of containers has hit a 20-year high as a result of a shortage that has reached “critical” levels.

Analyst AXS Alphaliner said the current price of a new 20ft dry box had increase from US$2,000 per unit at the end of last year to $2,750 today.

The analyst’s figures show this is the highest price since 1991 and far above the average for the last 10 years of between $1,500 and $2,400.

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TRANSPORTATION TRENDS AND GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION

Posted: June 3, 2010

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Economic Indicator: 1/14/2010
By: ProgressiveRailroad.com

U.S. railroads’ carloadings plummeted to the lowest of low points last year — as in a 21-year low. Yesterday, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) announced U.S. carloads, which fell 16.1 percent vs. 2008 to 13.8 million units, reached their lowest level since 1988. Intermodal traffic fared only slightly better, dropping 14.1 percent year-over-year to 9.9 million units, the lowest volume since 2002.

At least U.S. railroads ended 2009 on a promising note: Carloads fell only 4.1 percent and intermodal volume rose 2.5 percent in December.

By ALAN ZIBEL
WASHINGTON
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9DLECSO0.htm

Orders to U.S. factories posted a big gain in December, far exceeding expectations and adding to evidence that the manufacturing sector is supporting the economic recovery.

The Commerce Department said Thursday that orders rose by 1 percent last month, double the 0.5 percent forecast by economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters. It was the eighth increase in the past nine months.

The advance was led by big gains in orders for metals such as steel and aluminum, as well as machinery. However, orders for transportation equipment as well as computers and electronics dipped slightly.

Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) — Crude oil rose above $75 a barrel as equities rebounded from the biggest three-day decline since March on signs that Ben S. Bernanke will be reconfirmed as Federal Reserve chairman.

Oil climbed as much as 1.2 percent and stocks rallied after the White House and the Senate’s senior Republican predicted Bernanke will keep his job. Oil also increased after failing to breach technical support at about $74 a barrel amid speculation that last week’s slide was overdone.

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