Sourcing notes
We Almost Switched Front Wheel Hub Assembly Suppliers Over a 12% Unit Price Gap. Then We Recalculated TCO.
A procurement story from Q2 2023 about how a 12% lower unit price from a front wheel hub assembly supplier turned into a $5,000 problem with a single 150-piece order — and the TCO comparison framework our team built afterward to compare quotes from any front wheel hub assembly supplier, including China-based vendors like WJB Bearings.
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