Supply management

Supply management

Answer the Question5:

Describe three approaches to overcoming Sue’s pricing problem. Support with a quantitative analysis.
Question 5:
312000-750000

Option 1- 22000 – limit to negoitate

Set up Cost – $750000
Other Cost – $ x
Profit – Assuming 10% = .10(750000+x)
Total Cost = $3120000

Option 2
(750000+x)+.1(750000+x)=3120000
1.1x = 3120000-1.1(75000)

Set up= $750000
Other Costs = 2085000
Total cost = (75000)+(2085000)
= $3120000

From $2970000 to 200000

Option 3- Contract could ne made a long term by increasing the duration.
You can make them there alliance as well.
Divide the contract amongst 2 Chicago = 70% and Others- 30% including the charge of the set up cost forming a competitive bidding.
This is all I have from the class and now you need to elaborate.
A PROBLEM OF PRICE
Sue Jones sat at her desk reflecting on a pricing problem. Sue was a graduate of State University,
where she majored in materials management. Since joining the small manufacturing firm of
Prestige Plastics in Des Moines, she had been promoted from assistant supply manager to supply
manager. She was responsible for buying the chemicals used in producing the firm’s plastic
products.
Sue was really perplexed by a particular procurement involving the purchase of X-pane, a
chemical that was formulated specifically for Prestige Plastics. Thirty-one days ago, she
forwarded a request for bids to six suppliers for Prestige’s estimated annual requirement of
10,000 drums of X-pane. Yesterday morning, Sue opened the five bids that had been received.
The bids, F.O.B. Des Moines, were as follows:
Total price ($)
(for estimated annual
Price per requirement of
drum ($) 10,000 drums)
Greater Sandusky Chemical 312 3,120,000
Chicago Chemical Co. 297 2,970,000
Tri-Cities Chemical 323 3,230,000
St. Louis Industries 332 3,320,000
St. Paul Plastics 340 3,400,000
The Chicago Chemical Company was low bidder for the fifth straight year. On the face of
it, a decision to award the annual requirements contract to Chicago Chemical looked obvious. The
day after the bid opening, the sales engineer from Greater Sandusky Chemical threw Sue a ringer.
He said that no one would ever be able to beat Chicago Chemical’s price. His firm estimated that
setup costs associated with producing X-pane would be approximately $750,000. He went on to
say that due to the uncertainties of follow-on orders, his firm would have to amortize this cost
over the one-year period of the contract to preclude a loss.
Sue checked with the other unsuccessful bidders. They said substantially the same thing:
$700,000 to $850,000 in setup costs were included in their prices.
Next, Sue looked at the history of past purchases of X-pane. She saw that on the initial
procurement five years ago, Chicago Chemical’s bid was $202 per barrel, $3 lower than the
second lowest price. Since that time, bid prices had increased, reflecting cost growth in the
materials required to produce X-pane. Each year, Chicago Chemical’s prices were $3 to $15 per
drum lower than those of the unsuccessful competitors.
Sue knew from her supply management course at State University that when five
prerequisites were satisfied, under most conditions, competitive bidding normally resulted in the
lowest price. She also knew that it was important to maintain the integrity of the competitive
bidding process. But Sue felt a strong sense of uneasiness. Something did not seem right.
1. Under what conditions does competitive bidding normally assure the buying manager
of obtaining the lowest possible price?
2. Based on the case, define the “competitive bidding trap.” Under what conditions may
a buying firm fall into the “competitive bidding trap”?
3. Which situation existed at Prestige Plastics for the first contract? Why?
4. Which situation existed at Prestige Plastics for the current buy? Why?
5. Describe three approaches to overcoming Sue’s pricing problem. Support with a
quantitative analysis.
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