Research On MRO Procurement Management Of CAM Company

As the rapid development of globalizati on,procurement management has undoubtedly become the key of corporation.Like the noted British economist Christopher said the real competition among corporations depends on the competition of procurement.Nowadays,the function and responsibility of pro curement has been deep ly reformed and deduced,from traditional form to an unprecedented new height,with significant change of relevant concept,knowledge,technique and practice.CAM Company is one of top 500 companies wo rldwide,specializing in producing tires for automobile and airplane.Its head quarter locates at Ohio USA,with over 50 manufacturing plants in 23 c ountries and areas.In 2008,CAM Co mpany invested 0.8 billion USD to establish its largest and most modernized plant in Dalian.In response to the pressure from the competitors and markets,CAM company advocated saving and working efficiently for all of its employees,esp ecially for procurem ent team,which spends almost 60-80% of company total expense.According to current situation,CAM Company hopes to achieve m aintaining sustainable supply,cost saving and improving customer satisfactions by optim izing procurement process and applying new procurem ent strategy.MRO is abbreviation of maintenance,repair and operation.Usually,MRO represents the goods and services that will no t become a part of finished product.It is only used for maintenance,repair and operation.Most of or ganizations haven't awarded MRO the priority as it deserves,because each purchase order of MRO usually takes relatively small expense.This article is based on the perspective of MRO procurement tactics,MRO procurement process and supplier relationship m anagement.Firstly,it introdu ces internal and external procurement circumstance of CAM Company.Secondly,it analyzes some problems found in CAM Company procurem ent management.Lastly,it sets up som e strategy and tactic for CAM Company procurement team.