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-June 19, 2008 |
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The
Numbers Worth Knowing this Week in Supply
Chain and Logistics |
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This Week: Motor Vehicle Exports Rising in China; Industrial Manufacturers Spend Big Offshore; Kelloggs Reacts to Surging Prices; ID and Transportation Smart Cards Dominate RFID Market
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The number of ounces on average by which Kellogg is reducing its cereal boxes while maintaining current prices, the company announced this week, in response to surging commodity and energy costs. Other cereal makers have responded by increasing prices while maintaining box sizes.
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57.3%
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The percent of global RFID spending in 2008 that is related to identification and transportation smart cards, according to recent research by IDTechEx. That includes a huge, on-going national ID card program in China with embedded RFID chips.
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