title: The high cost of foreign sourcing.
abstract: Buyers in many industries have, for the past 30 years, sought lower purchased prices of materiel by sourcing with foreign suppliers. Few companies have fully assessed the actual cost of purchasing and using these foreign goods and comparing these costs with those of domestic producers. This is a reexamination of the actual costs, not foreign source "bashing." The results may surprise you.
authors.affiliation: Harding and Associates, Bristol, VT, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harding
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce / Q000191:economics*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000191:economics*; D007391:International Cooperation; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States