Supply Chain Management

Purchasing Operations Practice

Outcome 1

Tutor: Jing Yang

Candidate Name: Yanpeng Cao

Candidate Number: 115421549

Due Date: 2012/4/20

Evaluate appropriate techniques for the strategic development of the procedures，processes and people involved in the materials management within different organizations.

In my report，I select a retailer called 8thdays which is not only have a extraordinary performance in online shopping，but also have several chain stores in some urban big cities in China. They provide customer with gadget like Mobile phone accessories，Stationery，bags and so on.

The industrial company that I select is a toy manufacture called JIANXING set in SHANTOU. It combines development, design, production and sales for the series and becomes one of the professional productions of plastic toys factory.

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Retailer：Obviously，purchasing function is irreplaceable for retailer like 8thdays. That is the reason why 8thdays could survive in competitive online shopping market，easily to conclude that the strategic role of the purchasing function is important. But the strategic role of the purchasing function has to be evaluated with respect to the strategy of the organization as a whole and the requirement of customers. The idea of 8thdays is to purchase fashionable and high-quality products，and provide patient，responsible service. The idea reflect that the strategy of 8thdays is depend on their competitive advantages to lead the trend until occupies more market share. Moreover，they must work or endeavor to the best of their ability to satisfied the requirement of customer. At that time，the function of purchasing shows up. For example，they sold 188 key bags called Plumo within 20 days. It is a praise for purchasing function. But，they also has plenty of goods get stuck.

Manufacturers：

The toy manufacturer is contribute to produce high-quality products，so apparently they pay a lot of attention to...