Integrated Production Procurement Management

Gant Software takes product development processes as the main line, procurement projects as the driver, early-stage strategic procurement as the focus, and supplier resource management as the core, to build a digital procurement management platform to help enterprises gain cost competitiveness and advance the development and improvement of modern procurement management systems.

Business Challenges

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Unstructured procurement operations
Inefficient enterprise procurement processes, lack of transparency in procurement data, inconsistent procurement behavior, subjective procurement decision-making have led to instances where the business is undervalued, challenged, or misunderstood.
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Heavy workload on daily low-value tasks
Many companies predominantly engage in procurement execution while allocating insufficient resources to the strategically valuable early procurement. Procurement personnel spend a significant portion of their time on low-value tasks such as form-filling, data analysis, document tracking, and issue follow-up.
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Inadequate refinement capabilities
Given the specialization and complexity of procurement in large-scale manufacturing, procurement organizations' refinement capabilities are insufficient to meet professional requirements, including technical understanding of parts, market insight, price analysis, business negotiation skills, relationship management skills, innovation capabilities to adapt to new situations and developments.
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Intensive pressure on ensuring supply
Procurement t bears a critical responsibility for maintaining the robustness of huge supply chain systems. However, in a constantly fluctuating supply market influenced by international political, economic, and health factors, the risk of supply disruptions for key parts has increased, leading to significant pressure on ensuring a stable supply.
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Increasing demand for digital transformation
The demand for drive procurement business transformation through advanced digital technology is on the rise. However, solutions that are not aligned with the business needs, lack professionalism, and foresight and do not yield substantial improvements may waste resources and miss opportunities for transformation.

Solution Overview

Thanks to its extensive experience in procurement within large-scale manufacturing industries, Gant Software provides integrated production and procurement solutions for manufacturing enterprises:
● Procurement project management centered around procurement BOM
● Strategic sourcing for product development stages
● Procurement cost management for refined cost control
● Contract order management covering all business domains such as trial parts, production parts, and after-sales parts
● Supplier resource management based on procurement categories

Solution Values

以先期采购为建设重点助力面向NPI的战略采购转型
以产品开发过程为主线,以零部件采购任务为驱动,以先期采购为重点,全力支持面向NPI的战略采购转型;同时制定采购决策标准及建立决策体系,对接研发/质量等关键业务流程,提升采购决策的科学性与客观性
以全成本模型与数字化分析技术支持精益采购
基于全要素的成本模型,实现对零件成本、模具投资、开发费用等相关成本的一体化管理,促进对精细化采购业务能力提升;有效减轻低价值工作负荷、提升采购工作效率
基于物料品类实现对供应商资源的差异化、精细化管理
以物料品类为纽带,实现对供应商资源的差异化战略管控与全生命周期管理,加速构建坚实、规范的供应体系
以一体化平台规范采购业务,整合供应商资源数据
通过一体化平台的建设,规范采购业务流程、统一采购数据标准、实现全企业核心价格数据、配额数据以及供应商资源数据的整合与集中管理
Based on the product development process, driven by the procurement tasks of parts, and with early-stage procurement as the key focus, we fully support the strategic procurement transformation towards NPI. Also, we establish procurement decision-making standards and build decision-making systems and align with key business processes such as R&D/quality assurance to enhance the scientific and objective nature of procurement decision-making.
Support strategic procurement transformation towards NPI with early-stage procurement as the key focus
Based on a full-factor cost model, we integrate the management of related costs, including tooling investments and development costs, and promote the enhancement of refined procurement capabilities. This approach effectively reduces the workload associated with low-value tasks and enhances procurement efficiency.
Support lean procurement with a total cost model and digital analysis technology
Based on material categories, we implement differentiated strategic control and full lifecycle management of supplier resources, thus accelerating the construction of a solid and standardized supply system.
Realize differentiated and refined supplier resource management based on material categories
Through the development of an integrated platform, we standardize procurement processes, unify procurement data standards and achieve the integration and centralized management of core price data, quota data, and supplier resource data across the entire organization.
Standardize procurement business and integrate supplier resource data based on an integrated platform

常见问题解答

为什么许多制造企业的采购体系长期面对“价格谈不动、供应不稳定、风险难预判”的顽疾?根本原因是什么?
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核心根因包括:
采购前置不够:研发阶段未及时介入采购,导致供应商选择被动、缺乏议价空间
供应商体系弱:准入、评价、能力体系不完善,缺乏可量化指标
数据驱动缺失:缺乏成本模型、类比数据、供应链风险情报
流程孤岛化:研发、采购、质量三体系协同不足
缺少战略采购机制:更多是执行采购,而非策略性配置资源
本质上,企业缺少 “基于数据的战略采购能力”。
为什么很多企业的战略采购无法形成竞争力?
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典型问题有:
• RFQ流程以Excel/邮件为主,透明度低
• 比价方法非结构化,缺少成本模型以及要素拆解
• 没有品类策略,采购更多是“业务驱动”,不是“策略驱动”
• 供应商结构不合理(过度依赖或过度分散)
• 缺乏多轮报价、情景模拟、策略场景分析能力
战略采购的核心是“基于数据的供应链配置能力”,不是单纯压价,企业需要构建品类策略、成本模型、多轮RFQ与比价、供应商能力与风险分析与决策透明化机制。
什么是“基于数据的供应链配置能力”?为什么它正在成为制造企业战略采购的核心竞争力?
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“供应链配置能力”指企业如何根据产品战略、技术路线、成本要求与区域供应链能力,为每一个品类选择并组合最优的供应商结构。传统供应链配置依赖经验和关系,而在新能源、智能化和全球供应链波动加剧的环境下,这种方式已逐渐失灵,难以应对复杂市场挑战。基于数据的供应链配置能力正成为破局关键,它以数据替代经验,科学解答供应链核心决策命题:
• 选哪些供应商?
• 单一还是多源?如何分摊配额?
• 哪些供应商适合战略合作、共同开发?
• 哪些供应风险需要提前规避?
• 哪些技术路线成本最优?
如今,这项能力已成为领先制造企业构筑竞争壁垒的核心支柱,它的重要性主要源于以下四个趋势:
• 产品复杂度提升:电池、电驱、芯片、域控等核心部件供应链战略性更强
• 供应链波动加剧(涨价、断供、地缘冲突、原材料波动)
• 新能源与智能化让供应链变得跨行业、跨技术领域
• 企业正在从“成本导向”向“成本+性能+风险+韧性”的多维决策转型
为什么企业在先期采购阶段经常出现“供应商参与太晚,成本和交付压力后置”的问题?
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发生此类问题的原因有:
• 研发流程未纳入采购的前期参与机制
• 缺乏供应商早期能力验证体系
• 缺乏“应早选早”的寻源流程
• 没有结构化的品类策略与供应资源规划
• 缺乏项目级的采购可视化工具
企业可能产生产品设计无法兼顾供应能力与成本、SOP爆点风险、后期不得不接受较高成本或不合理条款等问题,建议通过建立先期采购流程、配置品类策略与资源规划、引入APQP/PPAP等供应商前期策划体系,以及借助系统平台提升透明度与协同能力来规避上述问题产生。
供应商体系建设长期做不好?企业在供应商管理上的典型误区是什么?
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常见误区包括:
• 以合格供应商名录代替“体系”
• 评价体系偏结果、不看能力(如只看价格/质量,而非工艺、产能、财务、韧性)
• 没有结构化的风险体系(供应商倒闭、涨价、失效无预警)
• 缺乏可量化的能力模型与发展路径
• 供应商准入与过程管理脱节(只看准入时一次性审核)
真正的供应商体系建设必须包含能力审核、生命周期管理、风险预警体系、绩效闭环,以及能力提升机制,而不是“多一个供应商”或“加一个评分表”。
在新能源、智能化、软件定义汽车等趋势下,车企和零部件企业的采购体系需要发生哪些变化?
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趋势带来的典型要求包括:
供应链技术门槛大幅提升:电池、电驱、芯片、软件供应商需要深度战略合作,而非传统的“比价式采购”
供应链全球化与合规要求增强:原材料来源、碳排放、国产化比例成为重要考量
供应链周期加快:新车型开发周期缩短,对先期采购响应速度要求极高
跨领域供应商涌入:软件、电子、ICT等行业供应商进入汽车圈,传统供应商评价体系已不适用
因此企业必须强化战略寻源能力、新技术供应商评估能力、风险监测与供应链韧性管理、以及系统化供应商生命周期管理(SLM)。
企业如何构建能够支撑新能源与智能化项目的供应链风险管理体系?
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关键能力包括:
• 实时供应商风险监控(财务、舆情、合规、产能、地缘风险)
• 多源供应结构建设
• 关键原材料与核心零部件的战略储备机制
• 供应商能力提升与共同开发机制
• 风险响应策略模拟
未来的核心不是“规避风险”,而是让供应链具备快速吸收与恢复风险的韧性。
AI、大模型等新技术会如何改变制造业的采购工作?采购人员会被替代吗?
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AI在采购领域正在快速落地,典型能力包括:
• 自动化供应商搜索与资格预评估
• 价格趋势预测与成本分析
• 合同条款智能审阅与合规校验
• RFQ比价自动化、异常识别
• 供应链风险预警(基于公开数据、新闻、社交媒体)
AI不会替代采购人员,但会替代大量重复性工作以及低价值的操作行为。未来采购人员将更关注策略、供应链设计、技术路线判断、以及风险管理,AI将成为采购的“第二大脑”。

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