A Purchasing Management Research With The Perspective Of Supply Chain System Optimization

The importance of supply chain management for enterprise management has been widely recognized both in the theory circle and in practice field. For the auto industry which is growing rapidly but is full of intense competition, high efficient procurement with low resource consumption is the critical condition to achieve the supply chain optimization so as to forge the core competency. The auto components manufacturer-company C-as a typical player in the automotive industry is facing with variety of issues in terms of supply chain management, such as the issue of supplier selection and evaluation, the long and slowly-moved purchasing process and the confusion of inventory control. This article sets forth the research questions from the case study of company C, and establishes the research tasks. Based on the thorough analysis to the supply chain optimization theory, this article summarizes the theory model of purchasing management with the perspective of supply chain system optimization; then, with reference to the industry environment and the internal existing status of company C. this article puts forward the theory basis and viable proposals from three aspects such as supplier selection and evaluation, procurement process synergy and stock level control in purpose to improve supply chain efficiency. Then, the article sums up relevant experience, and advises solutions for the supply chain management, especially for automobile company to lower its purchasing costs, to ensure purchasing material quality and to reduce inventory and finally to improve the management in the enterprise level so as to create the core competency.