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A True Supply Chain Transformation Requires the Proper Talent

Logistics Viewpoints

Belcorp Corporation, headquartered in Peru, manufactures cosmetics and personal care products for women in 14 nations across South and Central America. In Belcorp’s case they have four factories located in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador. Belcorp, like most companies in their industry, has quite a complex supply chain.

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Household Products Industry Stuck in Neutral and Going Backwards

Supply Chain Shaman

I was on my way to Peru. Over the course of trip to Atlanta to connect to Peru, we began a discussion. They got good at Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and tied the output to decisions on what to make in contract manufacturing. I scooted into an aisle seat and sat beside a stranger. He introduced himself as Steve.

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Go Horizontal!

Supply Chain Shaman

My first job was in manufacturing in the 1980’s. The focus of APICS is manufacturing, CSCMP’s foundation is in logistics, and ISM serves the procurement organization. Typing this quickly in the Atlanta airport as I run for a plane for Lima, Peru. They lack alignment. The silo’d organization is insular.

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Is Your Halloween Candy Responsibly Sourced?

SupplyShift

Cocoa beans grow best in hot and rainy regions hugging the equator, places like Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Peru and Papua New Guinea. Hershey has also reconfigured its manufacturing processes to use 70 percent less water and produce far less waste. grams per chocolate bar.

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Embracing the Digital Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

I will be speaking and working with clients in wonderful locations in Brussels, China, Germany, London, Mexico, Peru, and South Africa. Is my opportunity in the area of digital manufacturing? “ (The use of Internet of Things and 3D Printing to transform manufacturing.) For the next 18 weeks I will be in the air.

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The reality of green energy: “green metal” supply chains won’t be able to keep up

NC State SCRC

What will happen to those manufacturers that can’t or won’t convert? Congo is an autocracy, but so is #4 on the list: China, which is home to aluminum, copper and lithium, while Indonesia sits on mountains of nickel, and Peru holds nearly a quarter of the world’s silver. They go out of business? The losers?

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Is Your Halloween Candy Responsibly Sourced?

SupplyShift

Cocoa beans grow best in hot and rainy regions hugging the equator, places like Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Peru and Papua New Guinea. Hershey has also reconfigured its manufacturing processes to use 70 percent less water and produce far less waste. grams per chocolate bar.