It ain't pretty

摘要

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals recently released its 24th annual State of Logistics Report. Last year, business logistics costs were once again 8.5% of US Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the same level they hit in 2011, the new report says. That means freight logistics was growing at about the same rate as the GDP. Inventory carrying costs and transportation costs rose "quite modestly" in 2012, said the report's author Rosalyn Wilson.