Transformation From Distributed BU Procurement to Centralized Purchasing– A Case Study of A Company in the Computer System Industry

• Main Authors: Ming-cheng Chen, 陳明正
• Other Authors: Pin Luarn
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37140663896591243570

碩士 === 國立臺灣科技大學 === 管理研究所 === 101 === IT OEM industry in Taiwan has won the deep recognition of the brand owners and has a decisive influence in the global PC industry for its powerful design, the manufacturing abilities and the rapid response capacity. But the large-scale price competition has gradually eroded the market in Taiwan. As Taiwan faces greater emerging problems, the competition turns from the world to home. Since the OEM orders concentrated in the hands of fewer and fewer people and the gross profit has declined, the manufacturers can only maintain the basic revenue by winning as more orders as they can. Many manufacturers prefer to grab the orders by sacrificing the profits. In this way, they are able to increase the shipments and to fill up the production capacity. Therefore, it would be harder to gain the industry profit. Based on the above mentioned background, this thesis investigates and researches the integration of the supply chains to provide higher added-value and to enhance the competitive strength. In addition, the thesis also probes into the horizontal cooperation management and the internal integration of the purchasing units, which both enable better bargaining power of the company purchasing and more favorable terms and conditions. This research finds that centralized procurement does have advantages presented in the materials of quantity, time, price, cost, suppliers’ cooperation, vertical integration, and strategic alliance procurement. Besides, the research sees no significant differences in quality from the distributed or centralized procurement models, because the quality itself would not be affected by a certain procurement model, but by the human control from the suppliers’ ends. By reinforcing the educational training and implementing the SOP, the suppliers can reduce the defect rate of their products. The purpose of this study is to find out the key factors for measuring the differences and the pros and cons of the decentralized procurement and centralized procurement, and to further establish a systematic assessment model for investigating the centralized procurement in the computer systems industry. The thesis takes the example of the centralized procurement model in Company A as a case study to prove the feasibility and applicability of this research methodology.