avoidance . “ It ’ s just the cost of doing business ,” he says . “ Monitoring and closer surveillance can help . We ’ ve been able to reduce demurrage costs by over 60 % since 2012 . Back then , the figure was $ 1.6mn ; last year , it was just over $ 600,000 .” One way Wayne Farms keeps costs down is by recycling everything , an industry standard . The meat is sent to be processed as food , but any indelible by-products are repurposed into meal that is sold into animal feed distribution channels . “ We have a saying in the poultry business : everything is used but the cluck ,” says Smith . “ Profitability is hard . Everything is useful . Nothing goes to waste .” The internet presented a major shift in the industry in terms of monitoring capability . Back in the 1990s , much of Smith ’ s role was monitoring train shipments , making phone calls to find out exactly where his shipment was . Now , railways have apps that let him track exactly where every element of his supply chain is anytime in the day . “ The digital age
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