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How to reduce your purchase costs

Every rupee you save on buying goes straight to your margin. Here are ways to lower purchase costs that do not cut quality or burn your suppliers.

Consolidate your orders

Splitting purchases across many small orders raises your per-unit cost and freight. Combine requirements into fewer, larger orders to earn volume pricing and cut delivery charges.

Compare quotes properly

Get quotes from a few vetted suppliers for the same specification and compare the full landed cost, including tax, packing and freight, not just the headline rate. The cheapest headline is often not the cheapest delivered.

Negotiate terms, not just price

Longer credit, free replacement of defects and free delivery all have value. Sometimes a supplier who will not drop the price will improve the terms, which lowers your real cost.

Buy directly where you can

Every layer between you and the maker adds a margin. Where volumes allow, buy directly from the manufacturer to remove the middle markup, while keeping a reliable second source for flexibility.

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