Case Study: Supply Chain Management/Supplier Development The following Case Study overviews the results of nearly eight years of work assisting a global client with supply-chain management and supplier development, in service of increased customer-supplier transparency and significantly reduced product costs: The Company A major European-based, worldwide manufacturer of consumer electronics products. The Problem Fiercely competitive market pricing by the Japanese and other rival consumer electronics manufacturers places extreme pressure on margins. To combat relentless, yearly price erosions of as much as 20 – 25%, company must continuously seek ways to reduce key product component cost as a means of maintaining competitive market pricing and profit margins. The Approach Company embarks

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