Research On Situation Analysis And Solutions Of Material Management For XC Company

Because of the increasingly competition in Locomotive maintenance field, companies must strengthen its materials management, broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditures, decrease consumption, improve efficiency, in order to enhance overall competitiveness and development. The materials management costs in locomotive maintenance company remain high, particularly the procurement and warehousing costs take about 70% of logistics costs. And procurement and warehousing are main part of company management, so, as an important issue of current locomotive maintenance company management, taking reasonable measures and means to strengthen materials management is an important method to reduce manufacturing costs and improve company efficiency. The extensive material management methods need to be improved immediately in XC Company.Starting from the studying of XC Company materials management on the current situation, advanced theories and practical experience are summarized from the various manufacturing enterprises, and combine with company material management important theory, analysis of existing gap and produce roots. According to site surveys, communicate with related personnel, data collection and analysis methods, taking integrated application of material management knowledge, materials management in XC Company is analyzed to fully grasp the regimes, processes, means etc. of materials management. On this basis, utilizing fish-bone diagram, analysis of enterprises in material management system construction, purchasing management, inventory management, supplier management, information construction, staff education work on the existing problems and put forward the fundamental cause of it. According to the issue, flexible use of supply chain management related knowledge are introduced, in information construction as the important means and instance solving problems, put forward the countermeasures to solve the problem. First,realize the standardization of the material management, the foundation of improving the efficiency of management, promoting material management information platform construction. Second, use JIT, location management, inventory control and other technologies to optimize materials management, to improve the efficiency of procurement, reduce inventory, improve relationships with suppliers and make the specification of material erosion &deposition behavior. Third, put forward the extreme importance of material management information platform construction and its application, means and methods. Give suggestions for the development of material management system, achieve material management orderly, and ensure the sustainable development.Through this study, it is put forward targeted measures to improve and enhance the materials management of XC Company, and made a tentative test run. This may provided reference for material management of locomotive maintenance related enterprise.