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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 ). contributes to 62%-67% of the total carbon footprint created during the life cycle of the banana value chain ( fao.org 2015 ). Transportation?—?shipping,

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

Supply Chain Brain

Of the nearly 73,000 manufacturing firms in the United States that exported in 2015, more than 70,000 (or 96.4 As an example, China has imposed tariffs on farm products and seafood, as well as autos; and the companies affected can be small food exporters, agricultural supply companies, or auto parts suppliers.

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Leveraging Category Dashboards & Analytics to Mitigate Supply Risk

Empowering CPO

This impacts the production cost for suppliers where these commodities are used as raw material. It records, analyzes and helps in forecasting global and regional market pricing and supplier inventories related data on materials for their categories. It helps them to assess and mitigate the risks of supplier failure.

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Clear Sailing for Ocean Carriers in 2018 — If They Don’t Blow It

Supply Chain Brain

Strong results for air freight, container shipping and export orders in particular suggest that, while the trade recovery may moderate in due course, it will likely continue in the coming months and remain above trend,” the report says. Global export orders continue “very strong.” Carriers nevertheless have work to do.

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