Applied Studies On Centralized Procurement & Logistics In Manufacturing Enterprise Groups

In 21st century, with the fast development and application of new technologies, such as product design, software programming, manufacturing, electronics, network, information, and adoption of patent, competitions between manufacturing enterprises, are no longer limited to the functions and quality of the products, but much more between prices and speeds of launch, in which the logistics & supply chain plays a key role.Procurement & logistics have two modes. The traditional one is decentralized procurement & logistics, each branch or division of the enterprise proceeds procurement & logistics independently according to their own requirements. The approval flow of which is shorter, and its implementation is quicker accordingly, additionally, it is more flexible. But it is more costly due to lack of scale effect. The other one is centralized procurement & logistics, which is studied in this dissertation. Comparing to the previous one, the approval flow takes more time and implementation is much more complex, but it deserves, because one of its most important advantages is scale effects, which help the enterprise to acquire much lower unit price, more stable quality and better service.This dissertation introduces some basic theories about purchase, procurement, procurement & logistics, focusing on the critical and hard parts of implementing centralized procurement & logistics in manufacturing enterprise through examples.Results of this dissertation will be presented to management of a USA based printer company named"L", supposing to get powerful support from them to implement centralized procurement & logistics in company"L", hoping to help it improve its market share in Greater China.