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McDonald’s Mesoamérica Supply Chain Response to COVID-19

ToolsGroup

Businesses around the world are learning to adapt as best they can to the COVID-19 supply chain impact. Unpredictable consumer behavior in response to macro events creates demand volatility in every link of global supply chains. Rafael: It has been a really helpful tool with which to go through this crisis.

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What You Can’t See Can Hurt You – Is Your Supply Chain Really Transparent?

Logility

Increasing scrutiny of labor practices requires supply chain technology that proves accountability and compliance. Consumers are demanding greater transparency and want more information about worker treatment in the supply chain. . Key Takeaways. Lack of transparency also carries a huge reputational risk.

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Partnering with Farm-Trace to monitor sustainability and impact

Provenance

But to get robust proof, we need partners who can be out in the field collecting data and information across supply chains. In doing this, they have ended up developing a comprehensive technology to measure and prove environmental outcomes across the farms in their programme. .” – Kahlil Baker, CEO and Founder, Farm-Trace.

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Country Risk Scores Mapped and Explained

EcoVadis

RSF uses this index as an advocacy tool to put pressure on governments to improve the freedom of the press in countries with least freedom. Six countries decreased their risk level, this includes: Honduras, Indonesia, Nepal and Ukraine. Average overall score decreased from 5.1 See below a sample snapshot of a country risk profile:

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The Key Coffee Industry Trends For 2021 & Beyond

Unleashed

However with Covid-19 slowing both production and demand, and disrupting the global supply chain, the global coffee industry has stalled in recent months – and seen new trends take hold. But a global pandemic that has disrupted supply chains and eradicated past norms, coffee could not be expected to escape unscathed.

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Regionalize for resilience

Resilinc

The pandemic exposed the fragility of our global supply chains and their many vulnerabilities to disruption. While supply chains are starting to stabilize, Resilinc hopes the pandemic’s lessons will lead procurement and supply chain managers to shift to more regionalized sourcing models.

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Q&A with Sidney Johnson: Veteran Supply Chain Practitioner and Resilinc Advisory Board Member

Resilinc

As an accomplished Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer, Johnson has served on multiple board committees, including the National Minority Development Council, the International Trade Centre (a joint agency between the World Trade Organization and the United Nations), and the Institute for Supply Management.