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As a major buyer Nestle seeks to be as closely involved in the supply chain as possible, to ensure quality and fairness. ... Eight countries - Ivory Coast, Ghana, Indonesia, Nigeria, Brazil, Cameroon, Ecuador and Malaysia supply 88of world output. Over 40of the worlds supply comes from Ivory Coast, where cocoa is grown mainly on over 600,000 small, family-owned farms. ...
Issues in the supply chain
As a major buyer Nestlé seeks to be as closely involved in the supply chain as possible, to ensure quality and fairness. ...
Chain of production
The supply chain is the sequence of activities and processes required to convert raw materials and components into consumer goods and services and to deliver them to the consumer. For cocoa, the chain is often complex and varies from one country to another. ...
It is at this stage that companies such as Nestlé play an important role in the supply chain by checking consignments for quality. ...
The final stage in the production chain is selling (retailing) to final consumers. ... Farmers are at the start of the production chain. ... A company like Nestlé is involved at every stage of the production chain. It gets to know as many people as possible in the supply chain, providing growers with technical advice, advising intermediaries about quality issues, and of course researching the market to find out what the consumer wants.
Approximate Word count = 2032
Approximate Pages = 8.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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