Introduction
This is the first assignment of the course procurement management. In this assignment our
group is going to collect information about 3 small companies in Shanghai and analyze
compare their management situations problems in purchasing and current risks.
Comparative Profiles of the Organizations
*ƒ¿*ƒ*†’*ƒ‚¬ Brief description of business and supply chain position identification:
A: JinShanCheng restaurant in Songjiang university town along Wenhui road. It is a
restaurant mainly serving the authentic Sichuan food and providing fast lunch. This
restaurant has about 100seats with 8 big round tables and 12 small tables. It can serve
about 100 people to have dinner at the same time. 7 cooks and 6 waitresses are employed
there. Their target customer are SIFT students and students in Donghua University. It only
has one supplier for fresh vegetables and one for raw meat, 2 suppliers for kinds of fish
and one supplier for special condiments in Sichuan province.
B: Tianli book store: It is a small bookstore selling over 600 kinds of books on various
aspects for different knowledge branch ranging from Science and Engineering to business
management and economics. Many reference books for various certificate examination and
popular fiction can be also found there. It provides the students with strong support for
learning activities including the services of printing and duplicating. There are 60 square
meters with 3 book shelves and one duplicating machine and 2 printers. It mainly serve the
students in SIFT and Donghua university.
C: Zhao xiang vehicle fitting cooperation. It is a second tier wholesaler of various kinds of
filling parts including spark plug, second tier wholesaler of pump and shock absorber, and
the distributor of engine piston. It is a small organization with registered capital of
500thounsand RMB.
Organization Products Position in SC Supplier Target market/customer
JinShanCheng Restaurant Fresh vegetables Manufacturer Yixiang vegetable wholesaler
Students in Songjiang university town, especially SIFT student
Raw meat Manufacturer
Tablecloth washing Customer Laundry in university town
TianLi
Bookstore Economics& finance Retailer Wholesaler
in Minhang
Students in Songjiang university town, especially SIFT student
Business management
Science& engineering Wholesaler in Songjiang
Popular novels One supplier in Hangzhou
ZhaoXiang
Automobile fitting
Cooperation Shock absorber First tier wholesaler Ruian Yaxing automobile fitting factory
Automobile repair factory or
Automobile assembly plant
Engine piston Second tier wholesaler Beijing Puran wholesale agency for Federal mogul
Spark plug Manufacturer /
TianLi book store is a typical retailer in supply chain. It has 4 suppliers, 2 of them are
located in Shanghai Minhang district. They are the major supplier for books in economics,
finance and business management. And this book store purchase popular novels and books
