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Offering Prayers While Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, I say a prayer for Stewart Parnell, the former CEO of the now-defunct Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). In 2008-2009, nine died and hundreds became ill. The investigation into the activity at PCA began in 2009, after the U.S. This confession comes seven years after selling of contaminated food. What happened?

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Novo Nordisk: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

Performance and Improvement within the Pharmaceutical Industry for 2009-2015. Previously I worked at Nestle, and I want to start by recognizing that pharmaceutical companies have different supply chain maturity levels compared to companies in the fast-moving consumer goods industry. We are not as mature as CPG or Food/Beverage.

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

Supply Chain Network

trillion, an increase of $114 billion from 2009. percent from 2009 levels, with trucking lagging behind the performance of other modes, rising only 9.3 percent from 2009 levels, with trucking lagging behind the performance of other modes, rising only 9.3 Business logistics costs rose to $1.2 Transportation costs were up 10.3

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Sustainable Forestry: Can We Get It Right?

EcoVadis

There has also been a marked increase in palm oil production in other parts of the world, namely South and Central America (3.4 Read more about this and other challenges faced by Consumer Goods companies <Link to the briefing on CPG > [link]. million tons in 1995 to 62.6 million tons in 2015). million tons), Thailand (1.8

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Reducing Supply Chain Costs

Logistics Bureau

One central system and the strict minimum of people needed to raise and authorise an order are good ways to start. Costco is the third biggest grocery retailer in America, with turnover of a little under a third of that of the global leader Walmart ($87.3 A Grocery Chain Reduces Costs by Minimising Touch Points. billion, for 2013).