The automobile is a pillar enterprise of the national economy, with a long industrial chain, a wide range of interests, a strong driving force, and a high degree of internationalization. It has always occupied an important position in the industrial system of the world's major economic powers.
After decades of rapid development, my country's auto industry has gradually shifted from quantitative change to qualitative change, and gradually to a low-speed growth model. The auto supply chain has also extended from the original manufacturing order to the development order, which means that the main engine of the car Manufacturers and upstream and downstream suppliers must maintain a high degree of synchronization, and the market competition pattern is more focused on the competition of the comprehensive strength of the supply chain.
01. There are still many deficiencies in the supply chain management of the automotive industry
With the development of technology and the prevalence of new energy vehicles, the traditional automotive supply chain is constantly evolving and becoming increasingly complex. For automobile companies, it is very important to maintain the awareness of supply chain management on the development of the automobile industry, explore and establish a supply chain suitable for their own development, and improve the core competitiveness of enterprises. However, there are many deficiencies in the current supply chain management of Chinese auto companies:
There are many kinds of auto parts, which are difficult to manage uniformly. The automotive industry has a wide variety of parts products, great differences in product material characteristics and supporting logistics requirements, from the supply of parts to the delivery of complete vehicles.
The supply chain structure of the automotive industry is complex and difficult to coordinate. There are a large number of companies in the automotive supply chain. It is also a big problem to coordinate and control hundreds of companies such as upstream suppliers, midstream manufacturers, and downstream distributors and retailers.
The supply chain process is long, resulting in long parts procurement cycle. The parts needed in the automobile process are generally produced by different manufacturers, even including domestic and foreign parts, which leads to long communication and logistics transportation time, and increases the cost to a certain extent.
Logistics information technology is backward, and the development of supporting logistics is slow. At present, most enterprises adopt the artificial information data management mode in the management of these parts, and it is difficult to realize the timeliness and accuracy of information; in addition, the situation of my country's automobile logistics market is relatively chaotic, and some logistics enterprises reduce their Safety standards, neglect of service quality.
The quality of supply chain management personnel is uneven. The managers of some small auto companies have a low level of management, and problems such as delayed information transmission and inaccurate information positioning are prone to occur during the cooperation process, resulting in poor operation of the entire supply chain.
02. The way of digitalization empowers the supply chain innovation of the automotive industry
Therefore, the automotive supply chain requires real-time collaboration between OEMs and upstream and downstream suppliers, partners, and third-party service providers to achieve lean manufacturing and logistics, improve the rapid response capabilities and operational efficiency of production and supply chain systems, and establish a Taking into account efficiency and flexibility and agility, a new supply chain system that improves customer service experience is imminent.
In the field of digital supply chain procurement, Qiqitong has always been a benchmark in the industry. Deeply cultivating the digital supply chain services of enterprises, Qiqitong has cooperated with many benchmarking enterprises of automobiles and auto parts to promote the development of digital transformation, provide professional industry solutions, help enterprises build digital and intelligent SRM procurement platforms, and integrate procurement business. Covering the whole link of procurement, it helps enterprises to straighten out the upstream and downstream of the supply chain, promotes the pace of digital transformation of the supply chain, and assists the high-quality development of enterprises.
● Platform-based management, standardizing the whole process of supply-purchase collaboration
As the upstream of production and the starting point of the supply chain, procurement management directly affects product development and manufacturing. The enterprise-enterprise procurement supply chain management system enables enterprises to achieve highly process-oriented, integrated, and platform-based management, so as to reduce costs and increase efficiency to promote high-quality development.
Through the SRM procurement management platform, enterprises can form a unified portal, procurement process, business content, data integration, business information, and organizational system. Externally, enterprises and external suppliers can establish a unified collaboration channel and open up a complete procurement business data chain, allowing both parties to efficiently execute business and improve operational efficiency; internally, connect OA, PLM, WMS, ERP, OMS, TMS and other internal business systems to analyze cost data and realize intelligent decision-making.
● Strengthen supplier collaboration and promote refined enterprise management
Supplier management is an important part of procurement management in the automotive industry. The procurement supply chain collaboration platform can help enterprises realize intelligent information exchange channels, standardize corporate procurement behavior through the supplier management system, and greatly reduce the randomness of the procurement process.
Utilize the procurement supply chain management platform to realize the electronic management of the whole life cycle of suppliers from admission, classification, business collaboration to rectification, optimization and elimination, and build a unified and standardized supplier performance appraisal system. Starting from quality control at the source, we ensure that suppliers are controllable, manageable, and traceable, and that the enterprise supplier system operates in an orderly, transparent, and efficient manner.
● Whole-process management of the contract, assisting in procurement analysis and decision-making
As the hub and bridge between users and manufacturers, the procurement department is at the core of the enterprise procurement supply chain. In order to enable enterprises to purchase intelligently, the SRM management system can adapt to different procurement scenarios and provide a variety of procurement and value-added services. Purchasing personnel can determine future prices by analyzing purchase price differences, improve procurement quality and cash management levels, and improve procurement efficiency and Reduce costs, realize procurement collaboration, and build a one-stop intelligent procurement management solution.
In addition, on the SRM management system, its contract management can help enterprises to rationally optimize the contract management process, from drafting, signing, signing, execution, modification, to archiving and other online services of the whole life cycle of the contract, helping enterprises to create a standard, safe, A new full-line contract management model that is compliant, collaborative, and intelligent can improve the full-line management and control of corporate legal affairs, procurement, sales, and finance.
● Build an e-commerce trading platform to optimize the supply chain ecosystem
Based on the e-commerce transaction model, Qiqitong can help auto companies build industry-specific B2B/B2B2B malls, covering matching transactions, self-operated, and joint operations of enterprises, effectively integrating purchasers, suppliers, and platform resources. The enterprise's own procurement transaction platform can open up the business process data link, carry out sales-to-purchase business coordination, improve sales and supply chain efficiency, and realize the integration of procurement, supply and marketing.
At present, the rapid development and wide application of information technology has directly changed people's production and lifestyle, especially since the new crown epidemic, the digital economy has developed rapidly.
Automobile manufacturers should make full use of the convenience brought about by the development of information technology and digital economy, guide supply chain members to establish supply chain management information systems, and enable enterprises to share information in a short period of time to improve the effectiveness and quality of supply chain management.
Through the application of procurement supply chain management system, empower automobile enterprises to improve the overall risk management and control capabilities, realize the survival of the fittest for suppliers, reduce costs and increase efficiency for enterprise supply chain management, thereby enhancing the comprehensive core competitiveness of enterprises.