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Experts share visions for 'riding out the storm'

Look in unlikely places for inspiration. Shift to strategic thinking. Look for opportunities in private-label. Speakers bring ideas galore to Naples, FL, for service buyers and providers.

Lisa Shambro spends a lot of time analyzing the supply chain relationship between product manufacturers and their contract manufacturers and secondary packagers. Shambro, executive director of the Foundation for Strategic Sourcing, has come to the conclusion that two fundamental problems are preventing the optimization of relationships between consumer product companies and their service providers.

In her presentation opening the Contract Packaging Association’s annual meeting Feb. 19 in Naples, FL, Shambro said that:

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