Inventory Policy-based Supply Chain Management

Chinese enterprises developed tremendously after the country's Reform and Opening-up, the continuous development of Chinese economy and economy globalization bring opportunities but meanwhile even more drastic competition to the Chinese enterprises, currently, catching up the opportunities and improving the international competence of the supply chain is the crucial mission of Chinese enterprises. As important part of supply chain management, the inventory strategy influences a lot the management status of the supply chain, only if proper inventory strategy is defined, can the supply chain continuously improve their competence and achieve strategy targets.The inventory-strategy-based supply chain management studies the impact that the inventory strategy brings to the supply chain management, then through performing fully the effects and functions of the inventory strategy, integrate and optimize the supply chain so that to improve as much as possible the competence of the whole supply chain.The development of inventory strategy of Corp. H is very representative, similar to many other Chinese enterprises, the former inventory strategy of Corp. H is quite conventional, which is not good for further development of the supply chain under the new environment. Through SWOT analyse, Corp. H define stepping lean as the new inventory strategy, then implement it via the innovations of the supply chain management. This gives reference to other enterprises on how to define proper inventory strategy and how to implement it via supply chain management.Inventory strategy is not invariable, actually it should be adjusted according to the actual situation along with supply chain development, the adjusted inventory strategy will then facilitate the further development of the supply chain, inventory strategy and supply chain management will be synchronized and head for future together!...