A mature eight-SKU lighting program had not been competitively benchmarked in three buying cycles. RakSiam rebuilt the comparison around the approved bill of materials and landed-cost assumptions.
Eight buyer-approved lighting SKUs
Percentage reduction in recurring landed cost versus the incumbent comparison basis.
Approved BOM and function, program volume, delivery destination, freight, and tariff assumptions normalized before comparison.
First purchase order shipped six weeks after program award.
The incumbent had not repriced the mature LED program in three buying cycles. Procurement asked RakSiam to rebuild the benchmark without changing the approved program scope.
We normalized the buyer-approved BOM, function, evidence requirements, volume, and delivery basis; then compared three pre-qualified factories using the same freight and tariff assumptions.
The awarded eight-SKU program reduced landed cost by 42%. The first purchase order shipped six weeks after award, with production monitoring continuing against the approved requirements.
- Eight-SKU buyer-approved program scope
- Like-for-like BOM, function, and evidence requirements
- Freight and tariff assumptions included in the comparison
- Production monitored against the approved requirements
Mature programs can carry legacy margin and stale logistics assumptions. A useful cost-down starts by normalizing the specification and landed-cost basis before comparing suppliers.
Commercial and production records are retained privately; identifying customer, supplier, part, and price data are not published.
Customer, supplier, part, and commercial details are intentionally abstracted. Results describe this program and are not a guarantee of savings, timing, or quality on another program.