This same dynamic occurred with bottle and can suppliers, where the FTC also stepped in and forbid CSD manufacturers from purchasing additional businesses to become vertically integrated. Ultimately the FTC has said that the suppliers of ingredients to CPD manufacturers are in a commodity business, and therefore must be protected from becoming entirely replaced by vertical integration strategies on the part of their buyers. The gross margins and profitability on syrup specifically are low and as this is a process good, the impact of workflow design and re-engineering are critical. Suppliers are forming best practices teams to assist one another in becoming more cost-efficient and more capable of sustaining price points relative to the bargaining power of CSD manufacturers. The role of suppliers then in the CSD industry is one of being relatively weak relative to buyers, who are intent on creating more vertically integrated supply chains to attain higher economies of scale.
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