Automotive Components Supplier Selection Research On New Project Development

As a company who majored in providing automotive components for car maker requiresto cope with the Car Makers. Each car model from the beginning of design to the seriesproduction may have dozens of matching development project. At the mean time, different CarMaker has different requirements. This is the reason why there are pretty less common partsfor using. So, Purchasing Department must choose supplier according to differentdevelopment project. Some project need to control the cost, some projects need to controldevelop time. So, it is not appropriated for choosing supplier on the basis of traditionalsuppliers select model, it is hard to meet different project indexes.Based on the characters of automotive industry and project purchasing, analysis anddistinguish the key indexes of component supplier choosing. Then, building up a projectdevelopment supplier choosing model, including the Qualitative, Quantitive, supplier selectionmethods choose and apply. For the supplier methods choosing part, the first thing is to analysisthe purchasing industry and to confirm the supplier category, then choose the best methodfrom the regular supplier choosing way.Using the choosing model to S project of Company B. First, use Delphi to analysis thekey indexes by the project team. Then go though the Qualitative, Quantitive select and comeout the reduced supplier list. The next, analysis the industry of timing gear, confirm thesupplier category and choose the selection method. The last method comes out to be the AHP.In case of the subjective factor in applying the AHP, bring in a reliability confidence level tothe method; figure out the sequenced weight of the judging matrix array and make the supplier choosing more objective and accuracy.By the success using of selection model in S project, it provides a new idea for supplierchoosing, at the mean time, offers a new solving way to the supplier choosing in projectdevelopment.