Research On Supplier Selection Of Raw Materials For DL Customized Heavy Truck

In current economic trend of globalization, as enterprises are facing increasingly challenging with shorter life cycle products and with variable function and more customized demands, how to meet the needs of customer’s requirement is becoming a push in supply chain field by well management of raw material suppliers. This thesis started from the current supplier evaluation and selection theory, making comparison of supplier chain between mass production and small-batch customized production. The thesis then investigated status and reasons of current supplier on small batch business sector and customized heavy truck in DL Company. Based on previous analysis, the thesis proposed to establish supplier classification selection and evaluation by determining process of supplier selection team; by integrating current suppliers; by establishing corresponding strategy to new supplier development while AHP evaluation process is introduced into supplier audit; furthermore, by supplier quality control in the process of material supplying. With the evaluation results tested, the proposed supplier selection and evaluation system is proved to be feasible and applicable to small batch and customized heavy truck section. The thesis could also be helpful for those companies with same backgrounds, and for highly efficiently on management of supply chain, thus the "win-win" relationship of supplier cooperation is enhanced.