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MSD Food

Food & Agricultural Production

Supply for food and agricultural production, from inputs to finished goods.

MSD Food works across food and agricultural production, sourcing products and production inputs and coordinating quality and logistics through to delivery.

What we supply

The scope of MSD Food.

  • Food production
  • Agricultural production

Key capabilities

How the MSD service model applies to this division.

  • Requirement analysis

    Volumes, specifications and timing defined before sourcing begins.

  • Supplier sourcing

    Producers and suppliers identified and compared against the requirement.

  • Quality coordination

    Quality requirements agreed up front and checked before dispatch.

  • Logistics

    Shipping and handover coordinated to protect what is being moved.

Workers on a produce processing line

Industries served

How supply works with MSD Food.

Global sourcing and procurement, run as one continuous process. Every step has an owner, and the client always knows which step their requirement is in.

  1. 01

    Requirement analysis

    We define what is needed, to what specification, in what quantity and by when.

  2. 02

    Supplier sourcing

    Manufacturers and suppliers are identified across international supply networks.

  3. 03

    Evaluation

    Offers are compared on specification, capability, lead time and cost.

  4. 04

    Negotiation

    Price, terms and delivery commitments are negotiated on the client’s behalf.

  5. 05

    Quality coordination

    Checks and documents are coordinated before goods leave the supplier.

  6. 06

    Logistics

    Freight, documentation and routing are planned and tracked.

  7. 07

    Delivery

    Goods are handed over at the agreed point, with the paperwork complete.

Work with MSD Food.

Tell us what you need, to what specification and by when. We will come back with how we would source it.