Lecture Description
Roasters are increasingly engaged in their supply chains, driven by consumer demand for ethical products and supplier transparency. As they become more involved in trade, roasters must understand new complexities in operations, logistics, and financing.
This lecture will provide attendants with a comprehensive overview of sourcing operations, from exporting to delivery. We will discuss different supply chain configurations and producer payment structures, digging deeper into shipping, importing requirements, and warehousing services with a cost breakdown from freight to storage.
Participants will gain the necessary information to manage direct supply chains with producer engagement and to support origin partners in establishing pathways to the international market. Worksheets and shipping calendars will be provided.
Date: Friday, April 12, 2024
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Room Number: S403AB
Speakers
Raphael Studer (he/him)
CEO, Algrano
Raphael joined the specialty coffee industry to use technology to change coffee producers' fate. As a trained Economist with a PhD in statistics, Raphael is frustrated to observe how information asymmetry in coffee trading harms coffee growers' development. 2015 Raphael co-founded Algrano.com, the world's first and largest green bean marketplace connecting roasters and growers online. Algrano serves hundreds of coffee roasters in over 30 countries. As the CEO, Raphael loves to connect the dots and spread Algrano's mission: currently he is closely following the expansion of the marketplace to the US roasting market.
Marcus Young (he/him/they/them)
Executive Vice President of Coffee, goodboybob coffee roasters
Marcus Young brings over twenty years experience in coffee. Currently he leads the coffee program at goodboybob coffee roasters as an Executive Vice President of Coffee. Previously he led the market team for Cropster, a software company providing quality, inventory, and traceability solutions for coffee producers, roasters, and retailers. He is an authorized trainer for the Specialty Coffee Association and holds their Coffee Skills Diploma with a focus on sustainability, roaster, sensory analysis, and barista skills. He is a certified Coffee Quality Institute Q-Grader. He has trained thousands of coffee roasters and tasters during his career, and works as a quality advisor on behalf of several award winning coffee producers. Previously he worked as a quality advisor, professional educator, trader, buyer, roaster, and barista. He helped to build a successful roasting business in Rwanda and worked on behalf of farmers and cooperatives on quality control and market access initiatives. Marcus co-founded Central City Coffee, a social enterprise coffee company providing employment and on-the-job training for employees who were previously homeless.