Food Co-Packing Consultant
Co-packing looks like a cost decision and behaves like a control decision. The commercial terms are usually easier to fix later than the operating relationship.
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What this covers
- Selecting a co-packer on operating evidence, not capability decks
- Cost structure, minimums and true landed cost
- Quality, traceability and recall exposure
- Confidentiality and formulation protection
Detail
Selection criteria
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Commercial terms
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Quality and compliance
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Governance and management
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Questions worth answering internally
If these cannot be answered with evidence, the decision is not yet ready.
- What is our landed cost, not our tolling rate?
- Who owns quality failure, and what does it cost us?
- How replaceable is this partner within one season?
- Is our formulation genuinely protected?
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