Comparing factories across countries: the method

China, Turkey, Europe, the Maghreb. Each basin has its strengths and its traps. Comparing seriously means bringing every offer onto the same basis.

The trap of the direct comparison

Two offers that look comparable almost never are. The quoted price, the packed price, the transported price and the price delivered at the port are four different numbers. Comparing the first against the second means nothing.

Bringing everything onto the same basis

To decide, you have to bring every offer onto the same basis: same quantity, same specification, same level of quality control, same delivery point. That work is what makes a comparison useful.

Each basin has its own ground

No basin is better than another in the abstract. It is better for certain product families, certain quantities, certain deadlines. Our job is to know which one, and to say it clearly.

What you gain from it

A strategic decision instead of a hunch. You see why a source is kept, not just its name.

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