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PROCUREMENT SOLUTION

Landed-Cost Planning

Compare sourcing options using a transparent landed-cost model covering product, tooling, packaging, freight, duties, fees, inventory, quality, and risk assumptions.

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Landed-Cost Planning procurement and manufacturing

DECISION CONTEXT

Unit price is an input; landed cost is a decision model.

Apparent savings can disappear when quotes exclude tooling, packaging, domestic transport, freight, duties, brokerage, insurance, inspection, inventory, scrap, rework, or delay exposure.

Supporting view of landed-cost planning work
01

The decision

Apparent savings can disappear when quotes exclude tooling, packaging, domestic transport, freight, duties, brokerage, insurance, inspection, inventory, scrap, rework, or delay exposure.

02

White Lion method

White Lion uses one quantity, currency date, Incoterm assumption, classification scenario, origin assumption, route, inventory logic, and risk treatment across options, with every uncertain input labeled.

03

Working outputs

The owner receives a versioned model, source and assumption ledger, scenario comparison, sensitivity analysis, exclusions, broker or specialist questions, and a decision summary.

04

Approval boundary

Classification, origin, valuation, duty, tax, and legal determinations remain with the importer and qualified customs, tax, or legal professionals.

VISIBLE OUTPUTS

What the work should leave behind.

Every engagement is scoped to the product and decision. These are representative controlled outputs, not automatic promises of scope.

Working deliverables

  • Landed-cost input checklist
  • Quote and assumption normalization
  • Freight and duty scenarios
  • Sensitivity and break-even analysis
  • Owner decision model

Risks kept visible

Incomplete inputs

Assumptions and missing information are recorded explicitly before work advances.

Unequal comparisons

White Lion uses one quantity, currency date, Incoterm assumption, classification scenario, origin assumption, route, inventory logic, and risk treatment across options, with every uncertain input labeled.

Unapproved commitment

Classification, origin, valuation, duty, tax, and legal determinations remain with the importer and qualified customs, tax, or legal professionals.

CONTROLLED WORKFLOW

A practical route from question to decision.

The sequence is deliberately bounded. Each step produces evidence or an approval needed by the next.

  1. 01

    Normalize

    Place every option on the same quantity, term, currency, and scope basis.

  2. 02

    Add

    Model logistics, duties, fees, inventory, quality, and risk inputs.

  3. 03

    Test

    Run volume, freight, exchange, duty, delay, and defect scenarios.

  4. 04

    Decide

    Present total cost, uncertainty, and break-even conditions.

REFERENCE FRAMEWORKS

Official sources used to frame project questions.

Applicability depends on the exact product, role, market, transaction, and current rules. These links are reference starting points—not legal or regulatory conclusions.

  1. U.S. Customs and Border Protection — Importing into the United States

    Official reference for U.S. import classification, valuation, entry, and importer responsibilities.

  2. Office of the U.S. Trade Representative — United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement

    Official agreement hub for origin, customs, sector, and cross-border trade provisions.

  3. National Institute of Standards and Technology — Supply Chain Management

    Public guidance on supplier scouting, supply-chain mapping, total cost, and supplier risk.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Before this work begins.

A useful first conversation clarifies the product, intended market, decision, evidence already available, deadline, and owner approval path.

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START WITH THE REQUIREMENT

Bring the product, problem, or sourcing decision.

White Lion will help define the first useful scope, the evidence standard, and the controlled next action.

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