Cadbury cut two months off its supply chain lead time for a key chocolate-bar ingredient in one move

American snack giant Mondelez International is cutting at least two months from its supply-chain lead time for a key ingredient used in Cadbury chocolate. The company opened a $22 million facility in Shah Alam, Malaysia, on Friday to produce chocolate crumb, an ingredient that contributes to the taste and texture of Cadbury's chocolate products, locally rather than importing it from Australia and South Africa. "Producing it directly in Shah Alam removes at least two months from our supply-chain lead time," Nitin Binnani, vice president of customer service and logistics for AMEA at Mondelez International, told CNBC.