Cadbury cut two months off its supply chain lead time for a key chocolate-bar ingredient in one move
Mondelez is expanding its chocolate manufacturing operations in Malaysia, with the company also seeing further room for growth across Southeast Asia.
TL;DR
- Mondelez International opened a $22 million facility in Shah Alam, Malaysia, to produce chocolate crumb for Cadbury.
- This will cut at least two months from the supply-chain lead time for the ingredient.
- The new facility aims to reduce import and transportation costs and support growth in Southeast Asia.
- Shah Alam is Mondelez's sole Cadbury manufacturing hub for Southeast Asia.
- The company is also leveraging other sites in Southeast Asia for global manufacturing and exports.
- Global cocoa prices have recently eased after a significant rally.
- Other U.S. companies, like Cargill, are also expanding chocolate-related production in Malaysia.