Low-cost countries sourcing and competitiveness comparison
Muñoz Laitinen, Leo (2021)
2021
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021122390489
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021122390489
Tiivistelmä
The objective is to find a turnkey supplier for a air supply unit. Therefore decreasing the number of suppliers needed.
The research uses purchasing power standard which is a artificial currency based on gross domestic product value to compare countries. As the workforce cost consist of a large percentage of the product price, it has been taken into account in the evaluation.
Methods used are supplier evaluation using the fuzzy model, total cost of ownership, and strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threat analysis on the suppliers.
The commissioner is advised to select a supplier from a low-cost country with previous relationship to the purchasing department. Using the network sourcing strategy the commissioner would have competitiveness and a turnkey solution.
The research uses purchasing power standard which is a artificial currency based on gross domestic product value to compare countries. As the workforce cost consist of a large percentage of the product price, it has been taken into account in the evaluation.
Methods used are supplier evaluation using the fuzzy model, total cost of ownership, and strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threat analysis on the suppliers.
The commissioner is advised to select a supplier from a low-cost country with previous relationship to the purchasing department. Using the network sourcing strategy the commissioner would have competitiveness and a turnkey solution.