Manufacturing Purchasing And Supply Chain Management

Nowadays,in the globalize business environment,facing constrain economic pressure,supply chain has become more and more critical no matter in business booming period or economic downturn phase.As one of the most important biz unit in supply chain,procurement management pass key demand trend information to supplier end on behalf of buyer as well as end customer.The primarily Function of procurement has also changed from traditional one to further integration role,which including demand forecasting,procurement strategy analyze,supplier development, inventory control etc.The scope of procurement has extended from purely internal responsibility to external resource management as well.The thesis keep focus on how to optimize supply chain in view of procurement point,by doing this achieve several target such like cost reduce, efficiency increase and improve enterprise integration power.It is not like traditional one which only focusing on inventory and sales status by itself,manufacturing procurement management in supply chain model contain matrix characters such like customize,customer control supplier or price,delivery term various and so on.Shortly to say, procurement is build to order rather than build to stock,besides,how to improve cash flow as well as inventory turn to avoid potential risk and benefit company more is also need to be considered.In order to achieve on these,we need rely on information technology to close work with customer as well as vendor to define properly demand forecast model and cooperation method.In the end,taking N company for example,successful procurement management is not only customer orientation but also subjectivity.Related strategy design for supply chain should align with enterprise vision and meanwhile,be able to do self adjustment.Shorten lead time and response time,reduce cost and bull whip impact,finally make get whole supply chain more flexibility and more competitively are what we are looking for.