Services - Consumable's Costs

Matches estimates your supplier's manufacturing cost for your consumables. Matches has over five decades of experience in process cost analysis. Understand your suppliers costs improves your position in long term contract negotiations. This type of study can also be used in a dumping case against a foreign competitor.

Matches estimates the manufacturer's cost for utilities, labor, capital and raw materials to make your consumables. The estimate shows the impact of future changes in various operating factors on your suppliers costs and give you insight into how these changes impact the supplier's costs.

For example, your supplier would like to add a natural gas adjustment clause to a long term contact you are considering. The clause adjusts the cost of the roasted product that you buy. The adjustment is five percent for every dollar variation around a base price. You need to know if the adjustment favors you or the supplier.

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1. Chemical Formulations
2. Consumable's Quality
3. Energy Usage
4. Equipment Cost
5. Process Costs
6. Process Development
7. Process Optimization
8. Process Technologies
9. Product Development
10. Contacts
11. Products
12. Services