Wabco Automotive Control System Co., Ltd. Purchasing Management Research

Firstly, this article analyses the market background and developing foreground of brake system for Business vehicle industry, which WABCO is located. And then, this article introduces the basic circumstances and Purchase organization structure of WABCO.This article gives a summary of currently Supply Chain Management (SMC) status, which includes three parts: Supply management, Operation management, Logistic management. Due to the leverage of purchasing, Supply management is very important in SMC, and WABCO pay high attention to the purchasing management.This article introduces and analyses the current purchasing system of WABCO in-depth, including perfect supplier management system, strict cost control and technical release process, and ERP software application.In the mean time, this article discusses the current issue of WABCO purchasing management, for example, the supplier system issues, supplier selection issues, cost control issues, company system issues. All of these issues affect the purchasing management efficiency, and is disadvantage of cost reduction.At last, based on the long-term purchasing experience, the writer presents the improvement scheme according to the current issues in WABCO purchasing management, and emphasizes to develop multiple supplier system,and right tactic of selecting supplier. Especially point out that open bidding should be implemented, and design integrity open bidding process and point out some issues when open bidding should be paid attention to. Regarding other purchasing issues, such as MRO material purchasing, scrap material handling, company system issues, etc, the writer presents improvement scheme accordingly.