Supply Chains
Where products come from before they reach the customer; raw materials, making, transporting, and selling; the journey of a product from start to finish
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“If you asked your child how a chocolate bar gets from a cocoa farm to a shop shelf, could they describe the main steps in the journey?”
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- Activity. Where products come from before they reach the customer; raw materials, making, transporting, and selling; the journey of a product from start to finish
What to notice. Trace the journey of a familiar product (e.g. chocolate bar) from raw material to shop shelf • Identify at least three stages in a supply chain • Explain why a long supply chain can make a product more expensive
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If you asked your child how a chocolate bar gets from a cocoa farm to a shop shelf, could they describe the main steps in the journey?
Where products come from before they reach the customer; raw materials, making, transporting, and selling; the journey of a product from start to finish
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- Trace the journey of a familiar product (e.g. chocolate bar) from raw material to shop shelf
- Identify at least three stages in a supply chain
- Explain why a long supply chain can make a product more expensive
“If you asked your child how a chocolate bar gets from a cocoa farm to a shop shelf, could they describe the main steps in the journey?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Life Skills
- Domain
- Entrepreneurship
- Age range
- Ages 9–11