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Is the new supply chain strategy asleep at the wheel?

I recently had the opportunity to listen to a friend make a short presentation entitled “Failure to plan is planning to fail”. While his target audience was not related to the produce industry, it forced me to consider the possibility that is exactly where our industry’s current supply chain strategy lies. Every aspect of supply…
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Supply chain planning has never been more critical

If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s to expect the unexpected. That lesson rings particularly true for the produce supply chain. During the past 20 months, produce buyers and suppliers have experienced shortages of everything from pallets to packaging, from drivers to dock plates. Doing what we do best as an industry, we pivot…
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