Choosing Where to Place an Order
You compare one buyer, two programmes, and four candidate countries all the way to a landed cost and a calendar. The cheapest FOB comes second. A preference worth USD 34,438.00 a year loses money on a small order. And the same four countries rank in one order for a basic and in another for a fashion buy.
Published by Merchandising Academy · First lesson free to read
Course value
What will you be able to do?
Work outcome
You can compare candidate origins for a given order and show the arithmetic. You can meet the origin conditions an agreement actually requires rather than the ones people assume, and move an export through customs without losing the days you planned.
Who it is for
Factory, supplier, brand and buying-office teams.
What you will produce
You build an origin comparison file for one order. You build a landed cost column by column. You do the arithmetic that says whether qualifying for a preference is worth its conditions. You work out what a day of lead time costs on a continuity line and on a fashion buy. You test a split against every threshold it crosses. And you name the move that would change the answer.
Learning format
6 lessons · 0 templates · workplace calculations and decisions.
Lessons
- 01What actually decides where an order goesFree sample20 min
- 02A preference is a condition you meet, not a discount you claim🔒19 min
- 03Freight is money; days are cash🔒19 min
- 04The same four countries, two orders, two answers🔒18 min
- 05The split that walked off two cliffs at once🔒18 min
- 06The file, and what would have to move🔒16 min