The Study Of Costs Control Of Aircraft Material Procurement Based On Supplier Relationship Management

With the development of the civil air industry in China, the fleet for Chinese airlines expands rapidly. As many as 300 aircrafts were purchased in the year of 2005. Major airlines and MRO are in the great challenge of aircraft material management. In order to shorten lead time of aircraft material, expedite delivery, lower management cost and optimize aircraft material resources allocation, it is important to take purchasing cost control for aircraft materials into company's strategy development plan.In practice, it is experience that airlines and MRO rely on to control purchasing cost rather than systematic solutions. In this way, it is rather difficult to control purchasing cost effectively. Although there are quite a few researches for aircraft material management, most of them focus on qualitative or quantities research. Researches and solutions for practical operations are still rare.According to supplier relationship management, the article analyzes the purchasing cost control of aircraft material based on practical operations. The article also boils down to how to minimize the cost based on customer satisfaction with proper measures. According to practical cost control, the article analyzes the factors affecting aircraft material purchasing cost and establishes purchasing cost control solutions based on supplier relationship management. The solution automatically provides optimized solutions tailored to individual needs of each customer and unites aircraft material costs control together with customer service to enhance company's competition.