Highways – 3.97 million miles
Interstate motor carriers – 674,000
Rail (Class I) – 99,000 miles
Navigable channels – 25,000 miles
Air carriers (major) – 14
Railroads (Class I) – 7
Containerized Shipments
• Approximately $1.5 billion in containerized shipments pass through U.S. ports each day.
• 20% of all inbound U.S. container shipments pass through the Port of Long Beach (California).
• Each of these containers must pass through one traffic signal. When the light is red, up to 20% of all inbound U.S. container shipments come to a halt.
• Logistics and the Supply Chain's Impact on Company Valuation
• A public corporation's stock price can drop as much as 8% on the day a supply chain glitch is announced. (Source: Georgia Tech University)
• When a public company adopts a new distribution or logistics innovation, the company's stock price increases. (Source: Dr. Thomas Speh of Miami University of Ohio)
• Companies employing sophisticated supply chain methods enjoyed 12 times greater profit than companies with unsophisticated methods. (Source: Bain & Company)
• Every organization is impacted by the supply chain. Every organization has one.
Source: Sunteck Transport Group
