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Authors

Pleshchenko V. I.

Pleshchenko V. I.
Degree
PhD (Economics), Head of Department, Federal State Unitary Enterprise Goznak (Goznak)
E-mail
v_pl@mail.ru
Location
Moscow
Articles

Procurement as a factor in increasing the competitiveness of manufacturing enterprise

One of the methods for the manufacturing enterprise competitive advantages receiving is cost saving. Possibility for the enterprise to reduce its costs is in many respects defined by relations construc¬tion with suppliers. The pros and cons of the decentralized and centralized models of purchase process are estimated in the article. Some measures concerning the reduction of negative factors influence and management optimization are offered here. Such measures are directed on efficiency and transparency increasing of purchasing activity that finally promotes growth of the enterprise competitiveness.

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Realization of the potential of social struct ures and to obtain additional competitive advantages (on the example of the conferences of suppliers)

Supply chain management is based on a combination of incentives having market or administrative nature. It has advantages and disadvantages, as well as limitations on applicability in different settings. Moreover their integrated regulatory capacity is limited. Solution of problem of limited opportunities could be reached by the management of array of suppliers not only as a competitive but also the social environment that can improve stability of the procurement process, reduce the risk of losses, and reduce costs to prevention or suppression of opportunistic behavior of counterparties. Periodic conferences of suppliers, as a form of realizing the potential of social structures, is an efficient tool in the system of company’s market communications aimed at long-term cooperation with partners and also contributes to receive additional competitive advantages in the framework of the well-known market strategies.
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