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1. Material costs - price, setup, tooling, transaction and other costs related to the
actual product or service delivered
2. Transportation costs - transportation, drayage, fuel surcharges and other fees
included in a freight rate
3. Inventory carrying costs - warehousing, handling, taxes, insurance, depreciation,
shrinkage, obsolescence, and other costs associated with maintaining inventories,
including the cost of money or opportunity costs
4. Cross-border taxes, tariffs, and duty costs - often referred to as landed costs,
which are the sum of duties, shipping, insurance and other fees and taxes for door to-door delivery
5. Supply and operational performance - the cost of noncompliance or
underperformance, which, if not managed properly, can offset any price variance
gains attained by shifting to an offshore source
6.Supply and operational risks -- including geopolitical factors, such as changes in
country leadership; tariff and policy changes; and instability caused by war and/or
terrorism or natural disasters (e.g., typhoons, earthquakes) and disease, as in
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), all of which may disrupt supply lines
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