Supplier selection
Suppliers fail politely in emails and expensively in shortages. Argumont compares named suppliers and dual-source designs against quality, lead time, and concen...
decision
Manufacturing choices compound in lead time
A manufacturing decision locks tooling, quality, and geography. Argumont compares make, buy, dual-source, and delay, with yield and concentration as first-class issues.
What this decision type is
You may be choosing a plant, a process, a contract manufacturer, or a transfer of production. The preferred 'simple' plant is one option. A more expensive path with better yield can win.
Common mistakes
Unit cost without yield and scrap. A cheap line that wastes material is not cheap.
Another mistake is single-source concentration because the relationship feels personal.
What evidence matters
Measured yield, actual lead times, audit results, and shipping variability. Supplier promises should stay unverified until lots have shipped.
Example criteria
Yield and quality
What you actually get out of the process.
Lead time
Including variance, not only the quote.
Concentration
What happens if that site stops.
Transfer cost
Tooling, qualification, and learning loss.
Working capital
Inventory the option forces you to hold.
Common risks
Qualification delay
The new source is late because quality gates were fantasy.
Hidden logistics
Factory cost ignores the path to the customer.
Example decision
Launch in Turkey and scale in China, dual-run, or delay SKU expansion. Geography is a risk category, not a slogan.
Related pages
Manufacturing
A supplier or plant decision lives in lead time, quality, and concentration. Spreadsheets that ignore qualification time are not analysis.
Compare suppliers
Supplier comparison is not a price list. Argumont holds quality history, variance in lead time, and dual-source designs on the same scorecard.
Decisions
These pages are not a directory of keywords. Each one describes a kind of choice, the evidence it needs, how Argumont scores it, and where to go next.
Compare production options
Argumont challenges assumptions, researches evidence, compares competing approaches, and identifies the strongest decision.
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