以下是Factfulness真確一書內寫的實例
作者前往瑞士調查一家用極低價格標到合約的藥廠
試圖查出有什麼潛藏的不法利益勾當
結果發現該公司竟然利用付款日的落差進行套利
配合高度自動化產線達到低成本、高精度的生產規劃
快速、精準、高效、高品質的必然結果就是低成本、高水準
UNICEF runs competitive bids for pharmaceutical companies to provide it with medicines over a ten-year period. The length and size of the contracts make them attractive and bidders tend to offer very good prices. However, on this occasion, a small family business called Rivopharm, based in Lugano in the Swiss Alps, had put in an unbelievably low bid: in fact, the price they wanted per pill was lower than the cost of the raw materials.
聯合國兒童基金會採用競爭投標方式為製藥公司提供10年期的藥品
由於合約很大效期又長 因此極具吸引力 投標者也傾向提供好的價格
然而有一家位於瑞士盧加諾的小型家庭企業Rivopharm竟然投下不可思議的低標
此投標價格比原物料的成本還要低
A few years ago we saw that robotics was going to change this industry. We built this little factory, with the world’s fastest pill-making machine, which we invented. All our other processes are highly automated too. The big companies’ factories look like craftsmen’s workshops compared with us.
幾年前我們發現自動機械會改變整個產業
所以我們建了這個小工廠還有我們發明的一台世界生產速度最快的製藥機
所有的製程都採用高度自動化 這讓其他大企業的工廠看起來像是工匠的工坊
“That’s right. The Hungarians give us 30 days’ credit and UNICEF pays us after only four of those days. That gives us 26 days left to earn interest while the money is sitting in our account.”
但投標價格比原物料的成低還低這件事怎麼解釋?
匈牙利政府提供30天期的付款時間 而聯合國兒童基金會在收到藥品四天後就會付款
所以我們帳戶裡的現金有26天可以賺取利息
http://www.rivopharm.com/
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