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Navigating Nutritional Supplement Industry Supply Chain Management
Effectively managing an organization’s supply chain requires having the right resources, partners and planning tools to mitigate risk and navigate the challenges and disruptions that can occur in a constantly fluctuating global network of suppliers, contract manufacturers, brands and other key stakeholders working to meet the dynamic flow of consumer product demands. As we survey ...
Red Sea Shipping Diversions and Impact on Nutrition Industry Supply Chain Management
The global supply chain is facing growing disruptions from attacks by geopolitically driven rebel groups on cargo ships and tankers in the Red Sea, which began in late 2023 and have continued into 2024. According to an article by the World Economic Forum on this issue, the Suez Canal and the Red Sea channel approximately ...
Diving Deeper into Nutrition Industry Supply Chain Management
Today’s nutrition industry supply chain management approach requires a deeper dive into available resources, including optimization of process and inventory analytics through enterprise resource planning (ERP) tools, and critical data and insights gained through ongoing candid communications with client partners to properly evaluate fulfilment needs. These thorough conversations between manufacturers and clients are vital to ...
Innovation and Adaptation for a More Resilient Nutrition Industry Supply Chain
As we approach year-end and take stock in the current state of the nutritional supplement industry supply chain, we are seeing continued improvement with a mix of challenges and opportunities. For the industry overall, I believe we are at a kind of crossroads of innovation and adaptation. The global events of the past few years ...
Nutrition Industry Supply Chain and Regenerative Agriculture
Supply chain conditions for the nutrition industry are still a work in progress, but they are definitely showing encouraging signs of improvement. Warehouse inventory levels are increasing, lead times for ingredients, raw materials and packaging are decreasing, and prices are starting to come down. Though we’re not quite at the 2019 pre-pandemic levels and lead ...
Supply Chain Strategies and Building Reliability Following COVID-19
Supply Chain Perspective—Since the Pandemic to Where We are Now As we look back at some of the challenges that organizations in the natural products industry and beyond were faced with over the last three years, words like agility and responsiveness were commonly used. Why is that? COVID-19 exposed a lot of gaps in organizations ...
Freight Delays Adding to Ongoing Supply Chain Disruptions
Looking at the state of the supply chain for the nutritional supplement industry as we head into year-end, ongoing disruptions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, such as labor and packaging material shortages, continue as demand for supplies and raw materials stays strong. Adding to these disruptions is a significant increase in freight issues, including shipping ...
Navigating the Supply Chain in a Perfect Storm
As we survey the current supply chain landscape approaching mid-year 2021, the nutrition industry has been able to largely overcome many of the initial raw materials challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The ability to improvise strategies and diversify raw materials sourcing through an abundance of different global suppliers, distributors and manufacturers who have ...
The Coronavirus Impact on the Nutrition Industry Supply Chain
The coronavirus pandemic has and will continue to present challenges for the natural products industry and supply chain management as we look ahead. However, in the face of these ongoing trials, existing best practices and new valuable lessons being learned are creating a path toward a stronger and more collaborative industry moving forward. Understanding the ...
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