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McDonald’s Mesoamérica Supply Chain Response to COVID-19

ToolsGroup

You have to consider one other thing; we work in four different countries and they have different governments making different decisions. So for example, Guatemala and El Salvador, they have placed partial curfews and some quite high commercial restrictions. We don’t know what’s going to happen.

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To build a stronger supply chain, U.S. should look to its neighbors

Resilinc

There is an enormous opportunity to make America’s supply chains less overseas dependent by sourcing more parts, materials, and products from America’s neighbors. from Guatemala—the most populous and closest Central American country—$2.1 Of the $4 billion in goods imported in 2019 to the U.S. billion were agricultural products and $1.45

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

Supply Chain Game Changer

The majority of banana export comes from 3 countries, which top the list for 2016: Ecuador, Guatemala and Costa Rica. Source: South East Asia Globe. “[…] Cultivation, harvesting and selection of the fruit is very labour intensive, and as previously indicated require a highly organized and integrated chain” ( Robinson 2013 ).