The Application Of Statistical Process Control During The Process Of Purchasing Logistics

Purchasing logistics , Manufacturing logistics and selling logistics are three major parts of an enterprise's logistics system . Purchasing logistics, as the first stage of an enterprise's logistics system, is significant for the system's quality and efficiency. But for a long time , lots of organizations have been thinking of purchase only as such activities as negotiation, contract management and supplier management. They have not recognized the importance of Purchasing logistics: loading and unloading, packaging , transportation, inspection , etc. The traditional mode of supplier management is just a static way in which organizations manage their purchasing activities in advance or after events and can't control the purchasing logistics during the process.Quality and in-time have become the most important characteristics of our century. The traditional mode of purchase have been substituting by JIT purchasing. From the aspect of process control , this paper studies the modern organizations' purchasing activities. With the analysis of the process of modern purchasing logistics and the research of the theories for statistical process control, this paper presents that the theory and method of SPC can be used in the management of purchasing logistics, which will bring about a new way for the research of purchasing management.