Study Of Supply Chain Optimization Of Many Varieties Of Small Batch Purchasing

With the rapid development of the economic globalization and the capricious demanding of customers,many varieties of small batch purchasing has been used by more and more companies. However, many varieties of small batch purchasing needs higher technical support and well organized production, so this makes companies reduce output and increase production costs. As we all know, the competition in 21 centuries is not only between enterprises, but also between supply chains. In this situation the small and medium-sized suppliers will be the sought-after ones to the large assembly oriented enterprises. Therefore, with the advantages of rapid reaction to market demand, low risk and improving strategy management, the research of supply chain for companies is more important nowadays.However, as the lack of the key elements of supply chain, the lack of the key elements capability, the lack of the communication between key elements and the limit of the information, even many companies know the important of the supply chain for them, but they cannot change the management thoroughly. The essay analyze the situation of supply chain in The Knorr-Bremse Group, with the result of the analysis, the essay put forward reasonable suggestions for the company, and make some flow charts to describe the process of the supply chain management. Furthermore, some attached plans have been made, so as to make the above improving supply chain management implements well.The study gives The Knorr-Bremse Group a good method to improve the supply chain management, meanwhile gives a chance for most of the companies who want to improve their supply chain management. Hopefully more and more companies can get some useful reference from the research.