| With the quick integration of global economy, competition between similarcompanies are getting fierce. The focus of the competition is to provide qualityproduct to customer with shortest lead time and competitive price. The manufacturingmeans transforming various raw material into required finished goods throughdifferent kinds of process. So, the purchasing department is playing a more and moreimportant role because the purchasing material contribute significantly to the finishgoods quality, cost and delivery lead time.There are many small and medium sized China-based foreign manufacturingcompanies, they may face similar problems in purchasing function. The objective ofthis thesis is trying to find solutions to solve the challenges from people management,process optimization, internal resource usage and IT tools application perspectivewith reference to supply chain management theory and purchasing managementtheory. In terms of people management, the thesis emphasize the training topurchasing people and let them master necessary knowledge, and strengthen thetarget-oriented activities through reorganize the organization; Optimize processes toavoid mistake before making that; Create and use tools to enhance companycompetitiveness.Given these small sized china-based foreign companies are facing manychallenges like high operational cost, high technical requirements and smallpurchasing volume etc, the optimization of purchasing management can still beachieved through strengthening people management, optimizing processes andapplication of IT tools. |
