Tag: Supply Chain

Forget “Fair Trade”: A Supply Chain Overhaul To Boost Coffee Farmers’ Income 400%

Jul 17, 2014

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by

mwkruse

in Business, Economic Development, Poverty

Forbes: A Supply Chain Overhaul To Boost Coffee Farmers' Income 400% This is about a social enterprise on a mission to reinvent the coffee supply chain, giving farmers a bigger and more equitable piece of the action. Aimed at growers producing specialty-grade, premium, Fair Trade certified coffee, Vega hopes to enable farmers to roast and…
3D Printing: The end of the globalised supply chain?

Oct 9, 2012

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by

mwkruse

in Business, Globalization, Technology (Manufacturing & Construction))

Supply Chain Digital: 3D Printing: The end of the globalised supply chain? Supply Chains are governed by technology, which dictates the way we manufacture and distribute goods. This new technology, however, may completely remove the market for a globalised supply chain. The modern supply chain is all about globalisation. Shipping lines, freight forwarders and airlines…