The 5 Biggest Cost-Saving Metal Based Sourcing Tactics
The 5 Biggest Cost-Saving Metal Sourcing Tactics is MetalMiner’s guide to five metal sourcing tactics that cut the cost of steel, aluminum, copper, and stainless steel purchases by utilizing highly successful metal sourcing tactics. Fill in the form below to get the guide.
Written by Lisa Reisman, CEO of MetalMiner.
What will "The 5 Biggest Cost-Saving Metal Sourcing Tactics"
help you do?
The guide answers five crucial questions about how you structure your metal contracts and supplier relationships:
- Should you price the metal you source by weight, by the piece, or by the square foot?
- How should you handle value-added costs like pickling, cut-to-length, and coating when the base metal price changes?
- Should you award metal contracts on piece price or on total landed cost?
- How many suppliers should you carry for a single metals category?
- Should every metal contract use the same pricing mechanism?
Who Is This Guide for?
Procurement teams and metal sourcing organizations managing a metals category
Finance teams tracking what metal costs the business
Manufacturers preparing to negotiate a contract with a mill or service center.
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