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5 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

In fact, during 2007 and 2008, Starbucks leadership began to have serious doubts about the company’s ability to supply its 16,700 outlets. Like Intel, Starbucks is pretty much a household name. But like many of the most successful worldwide brands, the coffee shop giant has been through its periods of supply chain pain. plants to four.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

In fact, during 2007 and 2008, Starbucks leadership began to have severe doubts about the company’s ability to supply its 16,700 outlets. Like Intel, Starbucks is pretty much a household name, but like many of the most successful worldwide brands, the coffee-shop giant has been through its periods of supply chain pain. plants to four.

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Battling a perfect storm

Automotive Logistics

The port of Long Beach has since adopted it and the tool is available to other ports, according to Nagle. Michael D’Angelo, manager of port operations for Volkswagen Group of America. It is an academic exercise to speculate …but there are some big dollars at stake here.”. Q&A: Anu Goel, Volkswagen Group of America.