Abstract
Learning how to reduce the cost is a key survival factor in the manufacturing industry.Therefor,prucurement and supply chain management become an significant knowledge in the strongly competitive comecial environment.As a procurement unit,Cost reduction is a very important core operation in the daily job content.But as a company standing in the different market and time point,product face diverse compitition possibly,procurement organization as a supporting unit in the supply chain needs to apply strategy and methods to assist cost controlling to the relative low level for its company,in order to be a great cost saving character in the activity of tapping new resources and reducing expenses. The paper takes the A company as example which investigate the procurement strategy for various stage of enterprise development.The method of research uses literature Reviews to realize the definition of procurement and its role playing in the enterprise.Then we uses 80/20 rules to set the priority of every purchasing items.Then analyse every purchasing items with Kraljic matrix to get appropiate strategy.Afterwards,the paper introduces each stage of enterprise development and purchasing items in its industry.Then explore how to implement multiple types of strategies in the different steps by the case of A company. The result of research shows the procurement strategy setting(hard rules) connects to quantity,price,the relationship of supply and demand (buyer’s or seller’s market),no matter the enteprise is in the start-up /growth/mature or decline step.Well goes the saying：every dog has its day,due to the competitive status in the market is changeful, so most of enterprise are difficult to remain ever victorious in running operation.Despite of applying multiple strategies in turn, it’s more important to remain positive relationship, interaction and cooperation with suppliers(soft rules). In the future, nomatter how the economy and company goes, we look forward to holding the original intension and street-smart to manage our business with right strategy and attitude.