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Audria Allies on Advocating for Yourself and Other Women in Supply Chain

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During my postgraduate studies, I specialized in maritime studies before beginning my career in fashion retail supply chain. As part of a graduate program at one of the major fashion and lifestyle retail brands in South Africa, I started as a supply chain trainee in 2013.

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How to Establish Your Brand in Food Importing and Exporting!

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Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Common Mistakes in Importing and Exporting! Food importing and exporting article and permission to publish here provided by Emma Wilson. More business people shift their focus to the food commodity import and export. Guide For Exporting Food Products. Subscribe Here!

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The Amazing Supply Chain of Chocolate Easter Eggs

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Typically with the next step, a lot of big chocolate brands buy the cocoa through intermediaries and then the beans are packed into sacks ready to be exported to the brands processing facilities in other locations around the world. After all this preparation, the chocolate eggs are set for retail. From Plantation to Factory.

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The Christmas Tree Supply Chain!

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The vast majority of artificial trees, 80%, are manufactured in China for export worldwide. In Europe most of the real trees are grown in Germany, followed by Denmark, France, Belgium and Great Britain. Americans get 32% of their real trees from farms where they choose and cut their own trees.

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How to Sell on Amazon! The Complete Guide!

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There are two options to choose from when shipping internationally: FBA Export and the Amazon Global Setting. FBA Export (Pros and Cons). When you do this your products are listed as “export eligible” on your listing. Amazon handles the shipping and all calculations for shipping, duty, tax and export fees.

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Is AliExpress Safe? A Basic Guide for Importers!

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On a side note, a lot of the goods you see in marketplaces come from Chinese sellers who offer their products on AliExpress for much lower pricing for bulk exportation to other nations. You can verify if they apply to your case by checking the conditions. Instead, native Chinese must shop on a different market.

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The Amazing Supply Chain of Your Morning Coffee!

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The supply chain process of coffee beans typically contains seven levels: growing, harvesting, hulling, drying and packing, bulking, blending and roasting. The entire supply chain is further extended by several intermediaries, including global transporters as well as exporters and retailers.