In Session 2 you were required to describe the components of your current employer's supply chain or that of another company that you were familiar with. Using that supply chain as a basis, discuss where the supply chain adds value. You do not need to submit a flowchart or picture of the value chain.

Cultivation/Processing Roasting/Packaging Consumption Fertilizer, Pesticides, Fuel Oil, Water Green Coffee, Electricity, Natural Gas, Packing Materials Roasted Ground Coffee, Coffee Filter, Electricity, Water Input Input Input Producing Country Consuming Country Factory or Coffee House Consuming Country Coffee Shop or Home Export Cultivation Robusta or Arabica cherries (Coffee Farm) Transport Processing Dry/Wet (Factory) Transport to Final Point of Sale Roasting Purchase of Roasted Ground Coffee by End User Cooling Blending Packaging Coffee Brewing Grinding Disposal Output Output Output Waste: Coffee Grinds, Coffee Filter, Packaging Materials Emissions: Nitrogen, Phosphorous, and Pesticide Waste: Outer hull, dust, scraps from cleaning coffee bean, wastewater Roast Coffee in Packaging (aluminum cans, paper filters); Emissions: Carbon Monoxide and Carbon dioxide; Waste: Coffee Chaff from roasting Marketing