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A number of partner companies and one non-profit organization in the U.S. state of [[Rhode Island]] make Plumpy'Nut. There are six factories in African countries ([[Niger]], [[Burkina Faso]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Sudan]], [[Madagascar]], [[Kenya]]), one in [[Haiti]] and another one in [[India]].<ref name=network/>
Plumpy'Nut is distributed from the manufacturer to geographic areas of need through a complex [[supply chain]]. Forward (downstream) information flow, such as projections of need, [[order processing]], and [[payment processing]], and backward (upstream) information flow, including [[inventory|stock monitoring]], [[quality assurance]], and performance data occur through information exchange vulnerable to errors or tardiness associated with supply chain [[fragmentation (economics)|fragmentation]].<ref name="unc">{{cite web|url=http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/~/media/Files/documents/cse/unicef-plumpy-nut-supply-chain.pdf|title=UNICEF's Plumpy'Nut supply chain|author=Swaminathan JK|publisher=University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler Business School, Center for Sustainable Enterprise|date=2009|access-date=3 June 2014}}</ref><ref name="ft">{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/edb873a2-d6ef-11df-aaab-00144feabdc0.html#axzz33bYXDfd6
Factors affecting potential for loss of efficiency in the supply chain are information flow on orders, basis of need, forecasts, flow upstream from field officers and country offices to parties controlling regional distribution and manufacturing by Nutriset, downstream flow of information on delivery times and order status.<ref name=unc/><ref name="ft"/>
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