BAMG 30700 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Debt Bondage, Pope Francis, Total Quality Management
18 May 2018
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• Lord of the Rings: The Journey of an Indian Onion:
o Main issues:
▪ Farms are tiny with no economies of scale
▪ Too many steps in the supply chain
▪ High wastage
▪ Retail prices are about double what farmers receive although the lack of
any standard grading of size or quality makes comparisons hard
o Because little inventory is stored, small variations in demand and supply are
amplified and probably prod farmers to consolidate their plots
o Shoppers love onions but they are fed up with the price swings and the fact that
no one has come up with a solution or is promoting change
• Everywhere in the Supply Chain – Modern Slavery:
o Slavery today = bigger issue than you would think as over 21 million people
globally are still enslaved
▪ especially prevalent as bonded labor and human trafficking
▪ Bonded labor = workers take on loans that essentially tie them to their
employer
o Focus is now widening to the greater number of people in other forms of bonded
labor
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