Research Of VMI Based On Supply Chain Management

Vendor Managed Inventory is a kind of new supply chain inventory management mode, which emerged under the background of highly developed Science and technology, rapidly developed information technology and greatly changed market competition. VMI comes into being in twenty 90's of centuries, and a few companies carry out successfully. The emergence of VMI came from the development of supply chain management as well as the solution for the problems of traditional inventory management. While its development and implementation depends on the revolution of supply chain flow and the establishment of supporting systems of idea, contract and technology. It changed the traditional inventory management procedure, reflected the thought of integrated management of the supply chain, which is helpful to save cost and improve efficiency. VMI also meets the needs of the market change, and can solve the supply chain inventory problem effectively.The thesis first elaborated this article research background and significance, proposed the vendor managed inventory of supply chain management environment studies condition at home and abroad. Secondly introduced the VMI production background, produces VMI the definition and the characteristic, the system elaborated establishes VMI the operation strut system. And has conducted the research to the VMI implementation process, introduced the VMI earlier period preparatory stage, Then, a case about the VMI is discussed. it have grasped the essence of VMI implementation process and examined the implementation effect of VMI. Finally, carried on the summary, the question which VMI faces to carry on has analyzed and put forward own proposal. The result of the study can be regarded as the academia foundation in this field, it can also be looked as the reference in VMI implementation.