Nestlé

Nestlé is the Swiss multinational food and beverage company ranking as the world's largest food company with revenues of CHF 91.4 billion (2024), a portfolio of over 2,000 brands, and operations in 187 countries. The company exemplifies redundancy in sourcing and supply chain management for products with agricultural inputs subject to weather variability, pest pressures, and geopolitical disruptions.

The chapter examines Nestlé's geographic sourcing redundancy (coffee from Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia, Ethiopia, Indonesia), supplier redundancy, inventory redundancy (4-6 months buffer stocks), and processing capacity redundancy across multiple global facilities.