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If you were to be tasked to design a supply chain, what are some of the challenges that you might face? How would you deal with these challenges? How would you deal with marketplace uncertainty? Can you provide examples of your approach?

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Here are some challenges that one might face:

Whatever the sector, the biggest supply chain issue is staying competitive when costs are rising and competition is forcing prices in the opposite direction. Retail food supplier Geest is caught in the same cost-price pincer: "The shareholders look for profitability," says Brian McMonagle, manufacturing manager at Geest's Langley Park, Lincolnshire, factory, "and ...

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