A Case Study On Purchasing Management Of DV Company

With the rapid development of science and technology information,the role of purchasing management is increasingly prominent nowadays.Scientific purchasing management can’t only reduce the purchasing cost to improve the economic benefit of an enterprise,but also play a positive role in improving the enterprise performance and its competitive advantage in the market.DV Company is a private company that was transformed from the state-owned enterprise,with the main business being the main valve products for heavy industry.Since 2002,it has followed the previous management and business model generally.It’s widely acknowledged that company management should keep pace with times.However,because of the conservative strategy,DV Company is less competitive than the past in the market.The case study method is adopted in this thesis to elaborate the basic situation of DV Company,the whole industry and social background.In addition,the problems occurred in the process of enterprise procurement are analyzed by studying the collection of case materials.In the meanwhile,the difficulties that DV Company faces in the current procurement are summarized including long procurement cycle,poor product quality and poor trace ability of procurement information,etc.On this basis,some relevant theories are applied to summarize the main reasons for the purchasing management obstacles of DV Company,which consist of unknown procurement demand,supplier management imperfection,lack of electronic computerization in procurement management.By summarizing the problems and analyzing the causes,with the relevant theories of procurement management combined with the actual situation of DV Company,a series of feasible suggestions are put forward in this thesis,including demand management optimization,supplier management process improvement and establishment of electronic procurement system.As a consequence,following the above suggestions and optimization plan,DV Company has access to improving procurement management and procurement efficiency,which can match its strategic development needs and reach a new height.