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Sourcing: 10 Factors you should consider

October 13, 2006 by SwizStick  
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Riskape has put together an excellent list of the top 10 factors you should consider when sourcing globally. Briefly, they are:

  1. Landed Cost
  2. Product Quality
  3. Logistics Capability
  4. Location
  5. (Local) Trade Regulations
  6. Finances
  7. Time to Market/Responsiveness of Supplier
  8. Value Added Services
  9. Communication/IT Services
  10. Human Toll

Head on over to Riskape for an explanation on each factor, he makes some very important points.

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One Comment on "Sourcing: 10 Factors you should consider"

  1. Rob on Fri, 13th Oct 2006 8:08 am 

    Thanks for the link guys.

    Good to see the site is back up in full swing after the “take down”. Meanwhile I’ve done something to my site which has totally screwed up the font. A day in the life of a blogger.

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