Are you ignoring a chance to reduce import costs?

摘要

Smart planners are smart because they plan and they plan because they're smart.This is not a tautology.Rather,planning for delays or increased purchased costs in logistics due to dock strikes,lift shortages or other contingencies is what separates the great procurement professional from the merely good,the "best in class" from the solid B student.But planning-or management of costs-can only occur when all of the costs are out in the open.Unfortunately,one of the most enduring-but also incorrect-assumptions made by too many purchasing professionals is that they have no control over the amount of customs duties assessed against their imported goods and that the importing buyer has to cede control over the process to the customs authorities.