Information technology plays an indispensable role in modern society. Information technology greatly changes the production and management of enterprises, and enterprises invested more and more on this. IT purchase is more and more important to the whole purchasing organization and IT organization, with the growth of IT purchase volume and IT supplier numbers. Therefore, systemically planning and management on IT purchase and finalize complete IT purchasing strategy may effectively support IT and purchasing strategies, increase purchasing efficiency, and lower cost. It is in particular practical to do so under current situation of uncertain economic future and unstable IT market. Based on the practice of Bosch IT purchase, the article plans detailed IT purchasing strategy through deeply understanding IT markets and suppliers and considering the overall IT strategy and purchasing strategy based on detailed separation of IT purchase categories. |