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This 9 page paper examines the supply chain for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters; GMCR. The supply chain is examined by first looking at the physical movement of goods, followed by the movement of information and the movement of money. The paper ends by identifying challenges the firm is likely to face in the future. The bibliography cites 9 sources.
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have a number of inputs, which will vary depending on the product; some may have a long and varied input. To examine GMRC there are a range of beverage products,
however, the principle product is coffee. The paper will focus on the coffee products. To examine the supply chain the different inputs need to be identified, this may then be
used to assess the physical movement of goods, the movement of information and the financial chain. Ingredients to the Supply Chain There are a number of ingredients require
to create the packaged coffee which is distributed. To manufacture the coffee there is the requirement for green Arabica coffee beans which the firm will roast and then package. Most
of the coffee appears to come from Central and South America including certified fair trade and organic suppliers. This means that there is also the need for packaging which is
obtained from firms within the US, this will vary depending on the product, and may include single serving packages for the Keurig coffee machines to the packaging of coffee for
filter coffee machines which are sold in retrial outlets and used by catering companies. There are other ingredients or inputs needed; for example the transportation to get the product in
and out of the firm which include transport, labor, power and water needed in the entire supply chain process. Physical Movement of the Goods This list may be
used to look at the way the goods move in the supply chain. The supply chain starts with the coffee growers. They plant seedlings that take between 3 and 5
years before they are ready to produce coffee beans; the coffee beans are the seeds of the coffee fruit (GMCRF, 2012). However, to grow these seedlings there are inputs that
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