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Achieving Landed Costs and Product Line Net Margin. Achieving Landed Costs. Defining Landed Costs. Landed Cost is the total cost of a product once it has arrived at the buyer’s door. This list can include:. the original cost of the item all brokerage and logistics fees
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Defining Landed Costs Landed Cost is the total cost of a product once it has arrived at the buyer’s door. This list can include: • the original cost of the item • all brokerage and logistics fees • promotional spending • complete shipping costs • customs duties • tariffs and taxes • insurance • currency conversion • crating costs • handling fees • AND overhead Not all of these components are present in every shipment, but might be considered part of the landed cost.
The players • Charity HegelDirector of Finance • Derek ChristensenDirector of IT • Kim OlesenSenior Category Analyst
Litehouse • Litehouse manufactures refrigerated produce dressings. They offer the best quality, value and freshness in dressings one can buy. • Litehouse is listed in the top 100 privately held companies in the U.S. by Entrepreneur magazine. • Runs an ERP called Ross Systems, and has well more than a dozen data sources in its data warehouse. • Using rebranded TARGIT Decision Suite as business intelligence solution.
Tying out to the GL Actual Coupon Spend: $121,423 { Spread to Location, Product Line Ex. $12,142 to NW and Dressing Spread $358 to NW and Dressing GL Coupons $125,000 $125,000 GL- $121,423 Actual $3,577
Tying out to the GL – GOTCHAS!! What if we have spend but no Location? What if we have spend but no Product Line? We can use history (as a guide) but what if it is a new product? What if the president likes this method but the VP of Sales doesn’t? What if the moon really is made of green cheese?
Data, data everywhere 10 different data sources
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Contact Information MRP Lite – Purchasing Horizon – Reorder Point Analysis March 13th at 1:00 EST www.businessimpactinc.com Dan Cowan, dcowan@businessimpactinc.com 919-357-3545