GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN LEADERS

5.54 ( GARTNER ’ S RANKING )

Overall , the McDonald ’ s corporate supply chain team excels at orchestrating the upstream supply network . It promotes and acts as the conduit between outsourced vendors , suppliers , corporate stores and franchise partners . It uses council meetings to collaborate with suppliers on new product innovation and technology , as well as on plant safety . Base expectations with suppliers are managed through a standard supplier performance index , but the differentiator is more cultural and behavioural , as partners tend to put the McDonald ’ s system first when sharing product and process innovations and staffing support teams with top talent .

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