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| | NEDA releases new cost tool - 2/15/2005 10:20:00 AM - Purchasing - CA504221 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | NEDA’s Supply Chain Savings Calculator is based on research conducted by Texas A&M, which determined that a broad line semiconductor supplier could save between 25% and 64% of a product’s total cost by using an authorized distributor. |
 | | Among the variables are the sales effort, lead times, fill rates, inventory turns, cost of capital, credit, accounts receivable, expedited orders, warehousing, obsolescence, shrinkage, insurance, tax, total number of items ordered, purchasing, and line shutdown time. |
 | | The NEDA Supply Chain Savings Calculator is available on a three-month or 12-month subscription via the web at: http://www.nedassoc.org. |
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