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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. This is our normal, yellow banana ( fao.org 2015 ). Packaging, Traceability and Sourcing. A temperature lower than 13°C or higher than 18°C can damage the appearance of the fruit” ( fao.org 2015 ).

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Trade Wars Put U.S. Small Business on the Front Line

Supply Chain Brain

This means investing in international markets and sourcing from international locations. Of the nearly 73,000 manufacturing firms in the United States that exported in 2015, more than 70,000 (or 96.4 production being exported, trade policies have a broad impact on virtually everyone in the supply chain.

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Leveraging Category Dashboards & Analytics to Mitigate Supply Risk

Empowering CPO

The data points for dashboards are collected from multiple sources like RISI for paper related categories, ICIS / IHS for Chemicals, Metal Bulletin and LME for Metals, and others. We also keep track of information such as mill inventory, operating rates, import / export data and exchange rate fluctuations and include them in this section.

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