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Opportunities and Challenges for Chicken

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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

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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

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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

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The only people who need to be motivated are the people who can’t see a future

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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

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I see a future of Zero Tolerance for Wasting Food

o Four-thousand and counting! 4,024 to be exact. That is the number of participants in the U.S. Food Waste Challenge 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

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I see a future transitioning to a “Circular Economy” system for Food Production

o On July 2nd, the EU Commission EU Commission approved a set of proposals to increase the recycling rate increase the recycling rate in the Union and facilitate the transition to a "circular"circular economy," economy," a system where no products go to waste and a system where no products go to waste and materials are constantly renewedmaterials are constantly renewed.

*Huffington Post 9/7/2014

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Think like a Supply Chain Manager

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Think like a Supply Chain Manager

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Disruption

It’s already happening at the consumer level