Csr Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd. Supplier Management

In the age of knowledge economy, supply chain is becoming the most important factor of the competitions between enterprises. Any enterprise has to build up an effective supply chain with other enterprises in order to obtain the advantage in market competition. Supplier Management is widely approved as a powerful tool in creating high efficient supply chain. In ZELC, with the implementation of development strategy of "two steps" and the product strategy of "better quality, greater efficiency and lower cost", it has become a practical and urgent topic to research and strengthen the supplier management and to promote the suppliers to improve their product quality continuously, ensure supply and reduce costs, letting the supply chain meet the growing demands of corporate users further.On the basis of years experience of supplier management, via researches and data collection, referring the experience of the supplier management of the well-known international companies of rail-transportation equipment manufacturing industry, combining the related theory of strategic alliance, total quality management and agency by agreement, the author made an objective analysis of the supplier management status in ZELC at the meantime, put forward specific measures for previous problems. This paper includes the guideline of supplier classification and relationship management in ZELC as well as the work strategies of the recommendation, review, evaluation, dynamic management, risk assessment, quality control, quality improvement, training and extensive management of the suppliers.