Small And Medium-sized Manufacturing Companies Conduct Research On VMI Business Overseas

Over the past few decades,China's economic construction has been made great achievements with huge contribution from manufacturing.After rapid development,China's economy has been developing in lower speed while the global economy is in shrinking situation,and it might also last for years with the double pressure of industrial structure adjustment and upgrading.As the pioneer of China's industrialization,China's small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises are struggling for how to deplete the capacity and how to develop new business? Finding a new way making themselves out of the trouble becomes the first priority to enterprises.In the circumstances that supply chain management is becoming more and more mature and VMI operation is constantly improving,today overseas VMI business operation can be regarded as a breakthrough for China's small and mediumsized manufacturing enterprises.Taking advantage of their own manufacturing and technical experience and skipping the middle manufacturers,it's wise for them to establish the direct business relationship with the terminal manufacturers(overseas customers)by VMI model and process,and then get the new opportunity for development.By means of literature research,investigation and case study,this paper expounds that the overseas VMI business is very helpful for small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises to improve and achieve industrial upgrading.First of all,the thesis explains the background and purpose of the research,and also lists the domestic and foreign literatures of VMI and illustrates technical route and structure of the papers;Secondly,based on supply chain and VMI concepts,it explains the essence and win-win spirit of VMI cooperation,the benefits from VMI application in manufacturing enterprise,and explains the situation of VMI application in China and the necessity why the small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in our country need to develop the overseas VMI business.Also the principle and practice of overseas VMI operation are explained.Thirdly,using Ergotron as the example,the thesis introduces the operation process and actual practice of ovseas VMI operation detailedly and the effect confirmation of implementation of Ergotorn overseas VMI business.It is a very good demonstration with significance meaning of reference forthe small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises to study and carry out the operation management of overseas VMI.Hopfully this paper can help the small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises which are hovering and struggling,then they grasp management skill of overseas VMI operation and implement and get success in the oversea VMI business and finally help the enterprises out of difficulties!...