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McDonald’s Mesoamérica Supply Chain Response to COVID-19

ToolsGroup

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. Rafael: The main two challenges we’ve had are volume, in our case reduction, and the forecast uncertainty.

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Tropical Storm Nate: What You Need to Know

Elementum

Tropical Storm Nate has already left 22 people dead, blocked roads, damaged bridges and houses in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras. Tropical Storm Nate is forecast to strengthen to a Category 1 Hurricane by the time it makes landfall in southeast Louisiana on Sunday morning, October 8th. This is what we know so far.

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Regionalize for resilience

Resilinc

became more dependent on foreign manufacturers for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). The Drug, Chemical & Associated Technologies Association have blamed this on a “race to the bottom” mentality that drove manufacturing to low-cost countries such as India and China, which are now the largest global suppliers of APIs.

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Updated IT Subway Map: Major acquisitions in SC software

Supply Chain Movement

This young, publicly listed American software vendor recently bought out Terra Technology, a specialist in demand sensing (short-term forecasting based on point-of-sale data). Guadeloupe. Guinea-bissau. Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands. Holy See (Vatican City State). Iran, Islamic Republic of. Isle of Man. Kazakhstan.

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SCM Map Europe: European location decisions remain complex

Supply Chain Movement

The map indicates the actual and forecast growth of the gross domestic product (GDP) of fast-growing countries. The logos illustrate the manufacturers’ choices about whether or not to produce close to their sales markets. The Blue Banana represents the key sales market for many brands in Europe. Production and distribution. Guadeloupe.

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