The Tactics Study On Company-a's Suppliers Manufacturing Process Development Management Problems

A Company is a well-known technology company with its hardware products such as Smart Phones etc.With headquarter based in US,Company A is holding tight on the high-value corporate operation activities such as product design and development,branding and marketing etc.And the manufacturing of all hardware products is outsourced to its supplier,with the supply chain worldwide and main manufacturing-bases in China mainland.The management of the manufacturing process development is one of critical activity in supply chain management.Based on Company A's management situation on its suppliers' manufacturing process development,this thesis is focusing on the study for the problems,such as progress delay on partial of programs,poor precision of technical data,and the conflicts between China-based and US-based process team.And also this thesis is bringing up a series of management suggestions for solving the problems,with the guidance of Learning Organization Theory and Incentive Principles.First,it is a good operation tactic action to guild and coach suppliers' cooperation by optimizing the index of supplier performance assessment and with positive incentives.It can create a trust and respectful relationship with suppliers by combining the interior advantages and its outside influence.And it can shorten the value chain by process re-design and so integrate the supply chain.And also it can stimulate and strengthen suppliers' sharing,cooperation and openness by establishing awards of Innovation and Collaboration Prize in Process Development.Secondly,it's a good tactic action to excel a team and facilitate the team's vigor by creating a corporate culture of continuous learning,creating an empowerment circumstance to inspire the individual's creation,enhancing the management communication and building a symbiosis team with the shared goals.At the last,promoting to use some new tools is also a practical action to improve the capacity of individuals and the effectiveness of team collaboration.All these tactic actions can effectively solve the problems in the management of suppliers' manufacturing process development,and so bring up the efficiency of supply chain and create values.