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Offering Prayers While Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun

Supply Chain Shaman

This confession comes seven years after selling of contaminated food. The food recall is the largest in US history. In 2008-2009, nine died and hundreds became ill. …never before has a corporate executive been convicted of federal felony charges in a food safety violation. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S.

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Earth Day spotlight: What it means to be a Benefit Corporation in CPG

crisp

For Earth Day, we spoke with Crisp customers (and B Corps) Good Food for Good and Purely Elizabeth to learn about the global B Corp movement and what it means to be a mission-driven CPG brand. Good Food for Good was born with its own “buy one, feed one” model.

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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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The Digital Supply Chain: Making The Leap With A Ball and Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

Used from the 17th century until the late mid-20th century, a ball and chain found in 2009 in the United Kingdom from the 17th century was an 18 pound ball six inches in diameter. Let’s start with a definition. A ball and chain is a restraint placed on a prisoner’s leg to prevent flight. 2020 is four years away.

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Disruption in China Ripples Across Global Supply Chains in April 2022

Supply Chain Matters

The report specifically indicated: “ Average purchase prices rose to one of the greatest extents during the past 11 years, leading to the joint-steepest increase in output charges since the series began in October 2009.”. . Spending on restaurants, bars and other food services was, however, up 19.5 China’s Specific Impact.

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PRO Point of View: Pascale de Felix, Global Sourcing Director – Methods, Tools & Responsible Sourcing at the Bel Group

EcoVadis

In 2009, our first year of collaboration, we launched our first supplier evaluation campaign with a panel representing our purchasing categories and geographical areas. You represent the Bel Group in the EcoVadis AIM-Progress initiative, which includes seven consumer goods companies. What is your objective? .

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Reducing Supply Chain Costs

Logistics Bureau

Food & Bev Ambient: best in class <4.3% industry average 7.6%. Food & Bev Chill/Froz: best in class 8% industry average 10.7%. When the sole manufacturer it was using for the thread in its seat belts went bankrupt (in 2009), Porsche was forced to suspend production for two weeks.