Purchasing: how to ensure that suppliers consistently meet deadlines

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问题 Purchasing: how to ensure that suppliers consistently meet deadlines

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答案Suggested answers: a.To ensure that suppliers consistently meet deadline, it is advisable to do the steps below. First, you should build up good relations with manufacturers through the goodwill of the business. If you want to improve, you have to forge tie-ups with suppliers. If you don’t do it, you’ll get nowhere. Secondly, You should also use your creditworthy to build up a wide range of contacts. If you want to boost sales, you have to build up and keep a wide range of contacts. The game is marketing and opening more supply channels and more distribution units. Thirdly, you collect information quickly so as to improve ability to react to change. Information is always helpful to decision-making. b.If you want to see which way the wind is blowing, if you want to make correct judgment, if you want to make things more predictable-programmed, you have to gain necessary information in time. Then, you need to give necessary support to dealing with unpredictable problems or unprogrammed events. Thirdly, you need to keep good employees and make efficient use of management talent. If you want to get things highly structured, if you want to maintain proper relationship with your clients, you should keep employees in alliance with your business strategy. c.What would you do when choosing your supplier? There are several factors involved in it. First, you need to make sure whether the suppliers could respond quickly to demand; and then you need to make sure whether the quality of the products is up to the standard. Thirdly, you need to make sure whether the price is acceptable. You need to find out if customers would be worried about the price. Finally, you need to make sure whether the product could be distributed around world easily. If you have chosen the right suppliers, you can ensure that your suppliers consistently meet deadlines. d.To ensure the suppliers consistently meet deadlines, you have to set criteria for choosing good suppliers. I think the most important criteria we use to select suppliers are the following: They are the established suppliers. They have excellent products for the market. They have reliable deliveries. They can offer you non-exclusivity. They can give you freedom for distributor to fix mark-up. They have a competitive pricing policy. They have extensive international experience. They can offer you generous discounts. They have flexibility on sales targets. And they have flexibility on inventory levels. You can ensure your supply only when you have chosen qualified suppliers in line of the above criteria.

解析 creditworthy信誉卓著的,有资格接受信用贷款的。tie-ups停顿,关联,协作。acceptable可接受的,受欢迎的。non-exclusivity非专有,非排他。 mark-ups抬高售价,标高的金额。flexibility有弹性,可变通,灵活性,柔性。
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