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Logistics Industry’s Slow Economic Comeback Continues in Spite of Challenges

Supply Chain Network

Further analysis shows that 2010 was about on par with 2005, and still well below the pre-recession years. the report has tracked and measured all costs associated with moving goods through the U.S. trillion, an increase of $114 billion from 2009. The report reveals that business logistics costs rose to 8.3 percent of U.S.

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CSCMP Europe Conference

Supply Chain Movement

Pier Luigi Sigismondi joined Unilever and its Executive Board (UEx) in September 2009. As chief supply chain officer, he heads a global operation consisting of 270 factories delivering €23bn of cost of goods sold. He moved to Nestlé Mexico in 2005 as vice president of supply chain and research and development (R&D).

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