Study Of Supplier Management In Foreign Trade Industry

Since the policy about releasing qualification of foreign trade was issued,Foreign trade companies have been faced with more vehement competitions,their positions in supply chain became weak,only when they relocate their positions in the relationships between their suppliers,implement Win-Win cooperation strategy to pursue mutual benefits,improve common competitive power in the upriver supply chain, can they strengthen their positions in the supply chain.Supplier management is the core part in foreign trade company,which is helpful to improve the degree of customer's satisfication about service,accelarate the reaction speed of meeting demands by supplier,and helpful to guarantee the quality of products,as well as reduce the purchasing costs.Comparing to the study of supplier management in manufacturing industry,the study of supplier management in foreign trade industry is not so much,the study can guide the relationship model between the foreign trade company and its suppliers,which can strengthen the competitive power for foreign trade company.The method of the article's study is integrating theory and the case of G company,after consulting a lot of theories about supply chain,supply chain management and supplier management,using experiences of working in G company ,deeply analyzing the practice of supplier management.The author put forward suitable strategies to improve the supplier management from three aspects:supplier selection,classfied management and performance evaluation.The conclusion of the article is:If G company want to improve its supplier management level,sentific methods,such as Analytic Hierarchy Process method, should be adopted to select the best supplier,setting up cooperative relationships with them,and continually optimizing supplier resources;using supplier classfied matrix to efficiently manage the suppliers;meanwhile,periodly evaluating the supplier's performance is also important.