Supply chain discussion

1.     What does Fair Trade coffee/products mean? How is it affecting the way we manage the global supply chain?

2.    What real life examples do you all have regarding Pareto Principle?

       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVGdtlnZ7xM

3.    We hear product recalls all the time, most recently from Ikea, Toyota, and GM. Are they bad companies or good companies who happen to do something wrong? How would you avoid making such mistakes as a professional manager?

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/questions-over-highway-oversight

4. How do you judge quality of hamburgers in an objective AND quantifiable manner? Can you develop an objective ranking system similar to the ones in the NPR burrito podcast?

http://www.npr.org/2014/07/05/328793768/on-the-hunt-for-the-nations-best-burrito

100 words each