The Research And Application Of Supply Chain Inventory Management For Small And Medium-sized Manufacturing Enterprises

A supply chain (SC) is a network of organizations that are involved in the different processes and activities that produce value in the form of products and services in the hands of the ultimate consumer. Such activities are mainly the procurement of materials, the transformation of these materials into intermediate and finished product, and the distribution of finished products to the end customer. Supply chain management (SCM) is concerned with the integrated management of the flows of goods and information throughout the supply chain, so as to insure that the right goods be delivered in the right place and quantity at the right time. Supply chain inventory management (SCIM), which is the main concern of this dissertation, is an integrated approach to the planning and control of inventory throughout the entire network of co-operating organizations, from the source of supply to the end user. SCIM is focused on the ultimate customer demand and aims at improving customer service, increasing product variety, and lowering costs.The dissertation analyses the actual state of the development and study in the fields of Supply Chain Management and Enterprise Resource Planning. Furthermore, this dissertation studies and analyzes the new operational methods and ideas in Supply Chain Inventory Management, such as Jointly Managed Inventory, Vendor-Managed Inventory, Collaborative Planning, Forecasting &Replenishment and so on. On the basis of the study above mentioned, some management models and methods about SCIM are put forward. In the field of stock analysis, this dissertation focuses on the method of ABC and develops the method. In addition, the fuzzy theory is introducedin it. The general principle and four main factors of partner choice of virtual enterprise have been analyzed deeply, and the evaluation architecture of partner choice of enterprise has been established. A fuzzy method, AHP, as an optimization decision method of partner choice has been put forwards with an example as the illustration.At last, the dissertation uses the Object-Orient Analysis and Design methods and Unified Model Language to analyze and design the framework and software modeling of a SCIM system based on the investigation and study in DFCA and CDCT. Then using the programming language Delphi 6.0 combined Database Management System SQL Server 2000 the system has been developed. Besides, this dissertation also has finished the work of system analysis and design about the VMI System.