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McDonald’s Mesoamérica Supply Chain Response to COVID-19

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We have 135 restaurants, four distribution centers, and we also manage three manufacturing facilities, with more than 5,000 SKUs, and we deliver to each restaurant up to three times a week. So for example, Guatemala and El Salvador, they have placed partial curfews and some quite high commercial restrictions.

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Building A Guiding Coalition for Change

Supply Chain Shaman

The focus is on the last mile, but what about the first mile where Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) and Transportation Planning (TMS) operate on different data models with fixed, often outdated, parameters? Centers of excellence evolved in countries like Guatemala, Ecuador, Poland, Singapore, and China. Imagining The Future.

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SCM Map Europe: European location decisions remain complex

Supply Chain Movement

To arrive at optimal European supply chains it is crucial to consider shifts in economic growth, currency fluctuations and tax reductions in addition to production and distribution costs. Production and distribution. Logically enough, many existing distribution hubs are located in the Blue Banana corridor. By Martijn Lofvers.

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

And freight costs are continuing to rise, pushed upward by factors such as globalized distribution and unpredictable fuel prices. But these efforts bring temporary, not permanent, relief. How likely are carriers to agree on endless rate cuts? French Guiana. French Polynesia. French Southern Territories. Guadeloupe. Guinea-bissau.

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The Journey of One Banana! A Supply Chain in Motion! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

There are resource-consuming elements required such as refrigeration, ripening centers, proper transportation and distribution centers. The majority of banana export comes from 3 countries, which top the list for 2016: Ecuador, Guatemala and Costa Rica. Two other countries that produce a notable amount of bananas are Brazil and India.

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Mindmap High-Tech Supply Chain 4.0

Supply Chain Movement

As a result of these market trends companies need to place their financial bets carefully, whereas commercial departments of high-tech companies are seeing business opportunities everywhere especially in new technology and omni-channel sales and distribution. French Guiana. French Polynesia. French Southern Territories. Guadeloupe.