HND 采购与供应链管理1

Content

1 Effect of international business (2)

2 Method to increase competitiveness (2)

3 Contribution of quality standard (3)

4 Effect of technology (3)

5 Strategic nature (4)

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1 Effect of international business

It can promote to obtain global resource which result in cost reduction. It also can improve the circulation of talent in worldwide, so that getting more labour. If former sources of supplies of raw materials and components become less reliable and new supply sources emerge, which may increase a greater load on the work of the IPD. Take Wal-Mart, the representation of retail, as a instance, Wal-Mart possessed the biggest civil satellite system, which can get new information about supply and the number of goods. Wal-Mart’s suppliers always are selected by rigorous ways so that ensure the sustainable development of corporation.

2 Method to increase competitiveness

Firstly, seeking a suitable supplier. Most evaluates rate suppliers on 3 primary criteria, such as cost or price, quality and delivery. Besides above the most obvious and critical, indepth analysis also is vital. There 4 requirement.

Management capability is important. Management runs the business and makes decisions that affect the competitiveness of the suppliers. Employee capabilities is the part of the evaluation process requires an assessment of non-management personnel. Do not underestimate the benefit that a highly trained, stable, and motivated workforce provides, particularly during period of labor shortages.

Then, IPD can decline the product development cycle obviously and reduce product costs of enterprises so that to improve the competitiveness of enterprises

Thirdly, optimizing the allocation of resources makes spending costs on middle abolished projects decreased and significantly improves the quality of the product.

Fourthly, establish harmonious relationship with suppliers.

For instance, Wal-Mart’s slogan is “everyday low price”. There is a compatible relationship between Wal-Mart and its suppliers, so Wal-Mart often can purchase commodities with lower cost than competitors.

3 Contribution of quality standard

Quality standard ensure the business operations as much as possible for efficient purchasing contribution to save costs, improve customer satisfaction, improve market share and environmental benefits.

ISQ 9000:2000 is a quality management process gaining widespread acceptance throughout the world. It can ensure supplier’s quality and reliability and improve new supplier’s competitiveness.

ISQ 14000 is designed to promote environmental protection and pollution prevention.

Wal-Mart can choose new suppliers by ISQ and has established the global supplier management system, which also can ensure the quality of commodities and improve the efficiency of the field investigation.

4 Effect of technology

The electronic revolution continues to affect the supply chain. There are several exciting new software tools emerging that will help supply managers in the future. Weaker firms touting business models that did not provide value in the supply chain were washed out of the market and became roadkill for the stronger, market-focused firms.

For example, internet is becoming more and more important. Because Internet is cheap, its use is easy to find potential suppliers and profits for the company. Many firms use EDI, which is the direct computer transmission of the orders and other