$1.$ What is the TCO of the provider that offers Purple Reign the lowest cost to acquire the black fabric?

$2.$ What is the difference in TCO between the Bangladesh and Graniteville, SC provider?

$3.$ What are the customs duties on the shipment from Bangladesh?

$4.$ What are the quality costs of the fabric from the Graniteville provider?

$5.$ Remember, the fabric is being purchased to make $10,000$ t$-$shirts. Based on the TCO, how much will one black t$-$shirt cost from the Bangladesh provider?

$6.$ Which provider would you select $($based only on the total cost analysis$)?$

$7.$ Making the correct sourcing decision can have a huge impact on profitability. The Sourcing manager at Purple Reign believes that if they undertake a sourcing evaluation for all fabric supplies they may be able to save $$225,000.$ Purple Reign currently makes a net profit of $15\%$ on all sales. How much in additional sales would the sales team need to make to equal the savings on the proposed sourcing project?