Price, landed cost or reliability: choosing a supplier
Kessler's euro cable is cheaper per reel than Vanta's. Should Aurora switch?
You are
Morgan Hale, Operations Manager at Aurora Components.
The situation
Kessler's euro cable is cheaper per reel than Vanta's. Should Aurora switch?
The price per reel is on the quotation; freight, duty, failed lots and late deliveries are elsewhere. Here you ask.
Step by step
Each step as it looks in the demo installation, on Aurora Components (Demo).
Open Dynocortex → Chats and ask
"Should we buy cable from Kessler instead of Vanta?"
Ask
"Which suppliers deliver late or short, and how often?"
Open Buying → Supplier Quotation Comparison for the 100 m cable reel (DEMO-CBL-100), and Quality → Non Conformance for the failed reels.
What a good answer contains
- Kessler's price per reel against Vanta's, and the freight and duty on Kessler's receipts (the landed cost vouchers), which close most of the gap.
- The Kessler lot that failed its insulation test: the whole lot tested, the failed reels returned, a non conformance and a corrective action.
- Which suppliers delivered after the promised date, and how often.
- A recommendation to stay with Vanta, and the team's earlier decision on the cable supplier, recalled from memory.
What the full product does beyond the demo
The Executive keeps a supplier's record up to date as receipts, inspections and invoices come in, and raises it when a supplier's late or failed deliveries cross a line.
Answers are worded afresh each time, so yours will read differently. The demo company is made up, and its data goes back to the start every night.