A Study Of Enterprise Material Management System Based On The SAP System

With the increasingly fierce competitive situation of the furnitureindustry,the reduction of the materials cost has become one of the mostimportant sources increasingly in the enterprises' competitive advantages. As animportant part of production management, materials' management has itsimportant theoretical and practical significance to the enhancement of thecompetitive abilities of enterprises. According to the study of productionmanagement before, taking the cost management perspective for examples, itconcentrates on how to promote lower production costs by reducing redundantlinks or labor costs. Even if it concerns about the materials management, it onlyfocuses on the certain aspects of materials management, such as coding, materialsuppliers, and inventory management. In fact, from the system theory point ofview, materials management is a systematic project-----it not only regulates themanagement from the material itself, but also manages the material supplierseffectively in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of materialsmanagement and lay a solid foundation for improving the competitiveness ofenterprises. Based on the above understanding and literature research andanalysis, using the relevant theoretical knowledge of management, operationsand statistics, this thesis uses a combination of theoretical and empirical researchmethods to think about material management, suppliers' management andprocesses systems. The data are collected through field visits and questionnairesand so on. The results prove that material management system's influencefactors determine the models. This thesis points out some management methodsand realizes the management processes by using actual production data from theCompany A and classification of materials and suppliers. Therefore, this thesisprovides a reference for similar enterprises.Specifically, the main work is reflected as follows:First:Establishing the material management system's influence factorsdetermining he models. Under the framework of the management, operationsresearch and statistics, this essay analyses the key factors affecting the material management system and builds the influence factors determining the models.Second:Verifying the validity of the model by using the valid data.Questionnaire contents are designed by field visits and questionnaire. Affectingfactors of determining the validity of model was validated by survey data.Empirical results show that the proposed research hypothesis has been provedby the data, indicating that influence factors determined the models areestablished within the survey samples.Third:Using the ABC analysis to study materials and suppliers byclassification methods and proposing specific management methods. This thesisclassifies the materials and suppliers in the SAP system using the actualproduction data from Company A and points out the corresponding managementmethods. In addition, it provides a reference and decision-making tools forsimilar enterprises in solving similar problems.Finally:Designing and realizing the procurement and materialsmanagement processes. About the present main problems of materialsprocurement, storage management processes in Company A, this essay makes amodification to adjust to Company A's current and future orders for modelchanges. It also provides a reference for similar enterprised in the materialsmanagement system.