Answer the following questions according to the data provided "TEA SUPPLY CHAIN": a. Develop a Tea Supply Chain. When developing your supply chain (sketches/diagrams ARE required). The tea plantation is the obvious starting point and ends at the consumer. b. What issues do you see along the tea supply chain, in the following areas: Environment Labor Packaging Distribution Note: For your understanding of the processes within the tea factory, a brief description is given below from which the above questions can be answered.

Please explain question 1a according to the requirements.

Question 1b may be of only one or two sentences.

TEA SUPPLY CHAIN Tea leaves are handpicked and thrown' in to a basket the picker carries Plucking tea leaves Tea pickers usually pluck yields of about 20 kg per day which are then transported to the nearby tea factories for processing. The upper floors of these factories are given over to wither the tea leaves and to remove the moisture. Withering of leaves The following processes takes place in the tea factory, fermenting, rolling oxidation and sorting. Once processed, the leaves will pass through a specific-sized mesh sieve. Rolling of leaves http:/ojotea.com Fermenting of leaves Finally they are inspected for taste (tea tasting) at the FACTORY and sent to an AUCTION HOUSE in bulk. Tea tasting for quality GRASA 10 MALLA ARASI TAATS RO 2013 CUM KOPF VO COLES EPS AE Tam COPE ES Net STEEL KERAS, AREA THREE OP he SITE AS PL TABAT alang Stockhotos Bulk tea in boxes ready for auction ha TEL ADRA 636AST TALEN SO ABRAS PITARTESANJE * TO . HT HO LE WISATO ARARI TORTILE AER EMIe PARA PARTE Once it leaves the auction house, whoever buys the tea, say LIPTON, the tea is packaged in to tea bags, packed in quantities of 100 to a box which ends up at your grocery store OTECTIVE ARTEKOANS Lipton Lipton 100 W