Medline Procurement Optimized Process Under Supply Chain Model

In the 21 century, we facing the world is also dynamic now. We are suffering from competions are not limited to our domestic competitors, competitors becomes globalized gradually. All of the companies must consider their respectively strategy to be survied and to keep the sustainable growth under the multi-level environments. Meanwhile, revolution,new techonology and creativity are good means to be developped.Procument function is one of the costing aspects that is directly related to price of products, which is in the position of critical team in Medline. To reduce the cost and to optimize the procurment process, Medline should build up more and more creativity and follow up BRP theory constantly to ensure itself leading Medical supply in the global markets.The artical elaborates 3 main theories laid a fundation to be took advantage of, which are Supply Chain Management, Business Re-engineering Process (BRP), Procurement Management. Firstly, it explains Medline’s procurement problems, meanwhile analyzes the disadvantages occured in the existing process resulted in low efficiency of procurement process and wasting money and resouces. Secondly, a new process of S&OP is being established to meet customers’ requirements from global markets to make sure all regions are on the same page and the information is constantly and accuratly; E-business new platform makes Medline procurment team reduce the great amount of manual time significantly and share information more transparent internally and extenally regarding procuremnt process, avoiding any misunderstood happening among all countries. Medline focuses on vendors’ management with scientific methods to better manage different relationships with different suppliers to guarante mutual benefits. At last, it introduces some supporting meansures for re-designing process implementation with all kinds of methods such as culture, re-structuring and advanced meansurements ways to carry it out succesfully and smoothly.As a leading role in medical provider in US market, Medline will dedicate itself to developping and creating new processes in its procurment function to adjust to global changes and to strenghten its market share position.