Research On Purchasing Cost Control Of Lithium Raw Materials In M Company

In recent years,with the aggravation of energy shortage as well as pollution emission,the environment is deteriorating gradually.New energy vehicle,as one of the main alternative product of traditional fuel vehicles,is now booming with growing attention and praise from all countries.However,during competition with fuel vehicles,in addition to stability,safety or other elements,price,as one of the most important factors,is now affecting the development of the entire industry.Lithium ion battery is gradually accepted by consumer market with high capacity,long cycle life and high safety,which has been the core component of new energy vehicles.As one of the most expensive parts,lithium ion battery directly determines the development prospect of the new energy industry.Furthermore,the cathode material is one of the main raw materials of lithium ion battery,so its cost control will be a key factor in the evaluation of comprehensive competitive.In this thesis,a research of raw material procurement cost control was carried out based on lithium battery cathode material manufacture M with theory of purchasing management and cost controlling.The existing problems were analyzed and corrected with corresponding strategies,leading to an effectively control of lithium raw material purchasing cost.In view of the problems faced by company M’s procurement business management and cost controlling,fishbone diagram analysis together with ASME process analysis,and other methods were adopted to trace the existing problems in the procurement cost controlling of lithium raw materials to find out the main reasons of such low efficiency.Not only purchasing organization structure and purchasing process,but pricing factors as well as safety inventory were improved through theory of centralized purchasing,safety inventory controlling and supplier quality management during which TCO and operation cost management were employed.As the result,a feasible cost control improvement plan for purchasing lithium raw materials was proposed for company M.Finally,all above improvement effect was analyzed and verified by a purchase cost mathematical model of lithium raw materials,the actual effect of the improvement on cost control is summarized.Through the research on the purchasing cost of lithium materials of company M in this thesis,the author hopes to put forward ideas and methods for the overall purchasing cost control of companies,providing references and inspirations for other similar enterprises.