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From Source to Sweets: The Fascinating Facts Behind Your Chocolate Treats!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Very few chocolate lovers know what’s happening behind the scenes, as most never bother to look beyond the bars and candies, and into the origins, sourcing, production, supply chain, and other parts of the journey that chocolate takes from bean to the final products. Article and permission to publish here provided by Mary Hall.

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Trade Wars & Tariffs: Why Food & Beverage Companies Must Rethink Supplier Management

HICX Solutions

As raw materials, packaging, machinery, and even secondary ingredient components are impacted, the ripple effects are already threatening procurement costs, supplier continuity, and regulatory complexity. based beverage brand sourcing aluminum cans from China will now face price increases and potential bottlenecks. Example: A U.S.-based

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A True Supply Chain Transformation Requires the Proper Talent

Logistics Viewpoints

Frasquet is the executive director of corporate procurement, although his responsibilities include a much broader set of supply chain responsibilities than just sourcing. Belcorp Corporation, headquartered in Peru, manufactures cosmetics and personal care products for women in 14 nations across South and Central America.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 28 – September 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

LevaData to Transform Strategic Sourcing for Global Procurement and Supply Chain Leaders. For related commentary, see Japan and Ecuador Earthquakes: Supply Chain Lessons from Past Disasters ). Robinson purchased Milgram & Company Ltd. Transplace Selects New Equity Partner TPG Capital. Convey Closes $8.25

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Is Your Halloween Candy Responsibly Sourced?

SupplyShift

Cocoa beans grow best in hot and rainy regions hugging the equator, places like Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Peru and Papua New Guinea. Source Trust is a nonprofit founded by swiss chocolatier Lindt with the goal of transforming farmer livelihoods through grower training and community assistance. grams per chocolate bar.

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Revenues Sagging? Here's How to Thrive in 2016

Demand Solutions

Think Venezuela, Ecuador, and Colombia. A strong dollar means other nations won’t have as much buying power when they purchase U.S. That’s a recipe for throwing your manufacturing schedule off kilter or creating a situation where you cannot satisfy customer demand. Meanwhile, the strengthening of the U.S.

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Revenues Sagging? Here's How to Thrive in 2016

Demand Solutions

Think Venezuela, Ecuador, and Colombia. A strong dollar means other nations won’t have as much buying power when they purchase U.S. That’s a recipe for throwing your manufacturing schedule off kilter or creating a situation where you cannot satisfy customer demand. Meanwhile, the strengthening of the U.S.