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Douglas A. Smock

Douglas A. Smock is editorial director of GlobalCPO.com, an online source of procurement analysis and best-in-class practices.
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"Should Cost"—From Spreadsheets To Science

October 1, 2007
Douglas A. Smock, Robert A. Rudzki, and Stephen C. Rogers
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When companies purchase parts or components, historically they have comparison-shopped to find the lowest-cost supplier. But forward-thinking companies are now applying the concept of "should costing" to procurement instead. In essence, they analyze what a product should cost to determine what they ought to pay for it. The emergence of should-cost systems is paving the way for companies to perform true-cost analyses of suppliers' parts.
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