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Opportunities and Challenges for Chicken. Wendy’s / Q uality S upply C hain C o-Op. QSCC is Wendy’s exclusive North American Purchasing Organization Wendy’s – about 6,000 restaurants in North America, mostly Franchised QSCC buys about $1 Billion worth of Protein per year for Wendy’s
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Wendy’s / Quality Supply Chain Co-Op QSCC is Wendy’s exclusive North American Purchasing Organization Wendy’s – about 6,000 restaurants in North America, mostly Franchised QSCC buys about $1 Billion worth of Protein per year for Wendy’s QSCC manages about 2 Million pounds of Protein distribution everyday More importantly, Wendy’s connects with Millions of consumers every day It is consumer’s purchasing power that is aggregated / represented by QSCC The role of Supply Chain Innovation is to anticipate changes in consumer behavior, understand Supply Chain capabilities / limitations and identify risks and opportunities The role of Supply Chain Innovation is to… See A Future
The Message Think like a Supply Chain Manager and be willing to Try something new
The only people who need to be motivated are the people who can’t see a future
The only people who need to be motivated are the people who can’t see a future Decoupling of US corn production from area farmed Nature Rebounds Jesse H. Ausubel / US Census Bureau 1975, 2012
The only people who need to be motivated are the people who can’t see a future
I see a future with more Randy Dowdys Georgia’s Randy Dowdy hits 503-bushel corn to top national contest Randy says – “Be willing to try something new” *Southeast Farm Press - source
I see a future of Zero Tolerance for Wasting Food • Four-thousand and counting! 4,024 to be exact. That is the number of participants in the U.S. Food Waste Challenge at the end of April, 2015. Posted by Dr. Elise Golan, USDA Director for Sustainable Development, on June 3, 2015 at 10:00 AM
I see a future transitioning to a “Circular Economy” system for Food Production • On July 2nd, the EU Commission approved a set of proposals to increase the recycling rate in the Union and facilitate the transition to a "circulareconomy," a system where no products go to waste and materials are constantly renewed. *Huffington Post 9/7/2014
Disruption It’s already happening at the consumer level