Research On The Two Tiers Suppliers Synergetic Management Optimization For GE Wuxi Company

In today's age of social and economic globalization,many global manufacturers,relying on their own products and technologies,have seized market opportunities and developed strategies that are in line with their growth,enabling them to realize a rapid development.As their businesses are increasing and subject to their limited capacity,the enterprises partially or completely outsource their assembly production while retaining the core components part so as to release capacity and enhance market competitiveness,therefore generate 1^st tier assembly supplier and 2^nd tier component supplier,and also normally 2^st tier supplier is designated in new product development period and then move under 1^st tier supplier management.In this process,how to choose appropriate first-level assembly suppliers and second-level parts suppliers,balance the interests of both and ensure the stable supply of high-quality parts are crucial for corporations in their development of entire supply chain and healthy operation.Especially for the manufacturing enterprises in the medical industry,which involves the use of numerous key parts,any parts may restrict the normal production of their products and any quality problems of such components may be bad enough to affect their normal operation.Therefore,it is very important for such enterprises to manage all levels of suppliers collaboratively.In the context mentioned above,targeting the hot topic of two tiers supplier collaboration and in light of the actual operation status of this company's supply chain,the paper analyzed and discussed the current problems encountered by GE Wuxi in its management of this collaboration.Firstly the paper applies the analytic hierarchy process to optimize current supplier selection appraisal and then basing on that reselect current suppliers,established an information sharing platform by combining with the enterprise information management theory and two tiers supplier collaboration,providing the company with a package of improvement plans on supplier on time delivery,quality management and cost reduction.At last,the paper made a case application on these plans,in same time,offered supporting measures to ensure a smooth implementation.By applying the plans thereof,the company is able to improve its current supplier collaborative management model and got better supports for its supplier management,which assure the sustainable development of supply chain operations.Based on the assembly production outsourcing model,the collaboration among suppliers is the basis for the sound and stable operation of enterprises and plays a key role in their development.The paper chooses GE Wuxi's hierarchical supplier collaborative management as its thesis and combine with theories such as supplier management and synergy to optimize the company's supplier management,providing scientific decision basis for the its management.The research of the paper is conducive to enhance the core competitiveness of the company's supply chain and to achieve sustainable development.Meanwhile,through the study on the collaborative management optimization of GE Wuxi's hierarchical suppliers,it also provides certain references and guidelines for similar enterprises.