It is important for the company to
realize the fact that products should reach their consolidation point with fewer
costs as much as possible, so that they can reach at their final destination. If
products will cost too much to reach to their consolidation point, then price
the product will be increased to cover all costs and expenses occurring in the
supply chain. The other important to keep in mind is that when global supply
chain is managed, then cost is the most relevant item to look at, because
higher costs will be shifted to customers, and they may look for cheaper
products from other companies. So, a service supplier is always a viable option
to do so in this regard. The company is making different components in Shanghai
region, which needs to be shifted to consolidation point, so here are few
products to be mentioned from the Shanghai region, which are directly sent from
individual suppliers through trucks, as trucks have more capacity to load more
products at a time:
a) Alligator
clips, Changzhou, $10.00
b) Amplifier,
Ningbo, $271.00
c) Battery
wire, Jiangyin, $68.00
d) Butt
connectors, PingHu, $10.00
e) Pallets,
Qingdao, $122.00
f) Speakers,
Taixing, $537.00
g) Rubberbands,
Xiamen, $10.00
It is quite evident that few
components costs are less than the other components. It is because few
consolidation points are far away from individual suppliers, and few points are
nearby with less cost to bear.