Purchasing and supply

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Purchasing and Supply

Introduction

The paper is discussing the purchasing and supply strategies of Sanmini. Sanmini is basically a defense contractor company located at Huntsville. Its core business is the supply of circuit boards used in apache helicopters. Company's supply chain department determined that required circuit boards can be purchased from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam at the cheapest rate. The paper is extricating the approach applied by the purchasing agent of the Sanmini to negotiate payments and the shipment of the circuit boards at Huntsville. The paper is enlightening all the choices that the logistics manager made during the whole process of purchasing and supply. It includes the choice of freight lines, ground transportations and the selection of bank to gear up monetary transactions. Further, it is discussing the impact of the rumor of another civil war in Vietnam, at the purchasing decision of the logistics manager.

Discussion

Sanmini is a defense contractor who is interested is in purchasing and supply of circuit boards used in apache helicopters. It is looking for the most cost effective and high quality shipment of circuit boards from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam to Huntsville, Canada. Supply chain department of Sanmini concluded that the most cost efficient circuit boards are available at Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. The purchasing agent of the company determined that shipment by sea is the best way to get the circuit boards shipped at the company's site at Huntsville. Reason behind the decision to go for sea shipment is that Sea freights are comparatively low as compared to other freights.

According to the research of the supply chain department of Sanmini, high quality circuit boards are available at Ho Chi MinH, Vietnam at the lowest possible price. Leading manufacturers of the electronic goods are Ngan Thinh Co., Ltd and Jabil circuits; Inc. Purchasing agent of the Sanmini has options to use NYK Line Vietnam Co. Ltd. And ALC Corporation for the shipment of circuit boards to the site of Sanmini at Huntsville. NYK Line Vietnam Co. Ltd. And ALC Corporation are the most reliable sea freights for the shipment of required goods at defined destination. However, cargo ship may use port Barcelona as a port of calls for fueling purpose. Contact details of NYK Line Vietnam Co. Ltd. And ALC Corporation are given below:

Ho Chi Minh CityNYK Line Vietnam Co. Ltd.Saigon Riverside Office Center Unit 603-604 No. 2A-4A Ton ...