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4-1 Discussion Transporting and Sourcing Your Product

4-1 Discussion Transporting and Sourcing Your Product

Q Review the module reading and resources before you begin. In your initial post to the discussion discussion, address the following questions: Where are the raw materials for your product sourced? In other words, how do they arrive at the manufacturing side of the supply chain? For instance, if the product is sourced overseas, how does the product arrive at warehouse staging or retail locations? How is your product transported? For example, as mentioned in the textbook reading, products can be shipped on the road or taken somewhere by plane, train, or ship. Explain your answers. In your responses to your peers, evaluate any special requirements for shipping their product safely and successfully, such as refrigeration, time-sensitive travel, fragile packing, and so on. Suggest at least two special requirements and discuss how they might impact your peer’s product supply chain.

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The raw materials for the retail grocery products of branded retail organizations are sourced from local distributors. Moreover, there are some branded retail organizations which produce its raw materials by setting up its own farms. One such branded retail organization which has set up its farms to obtain its raw materials for its retail grocery products would be Wal-Mart Inc. Local distributors and suppliers are also contacted by branded retail organizations like Wal-Mart Inc. to ensure that there is no shortage of raw materials or inventory even if there is a large percentage of raw materials being sourced from self-owned farms and self-produced raw materials.