Furniture manufacturing is a manufacturing industry where the cost of materials accounts for a large proportion of the total cost. The control of materials is of great significance. Among them, material procurement is the source of material control. There are many types of materials in the furniture manufacturing industry. The geographical distribution of suppliers is uneven and the supply capacity is uneven. These bring difficulties to the procurement of materials.

Despite this, we can always find some rules to guide procurement through the large and medium classification of furniture materials. Furniture products can be subdivided into wooden furniture, metal furniture, upholstered furniture, rattan furniture, glass furniture, etc. according to different main materials. The main materials used in furniture products of different materials are different, but the auxiliary materials are similar, so the classification of materials will also be different. The author takes a wooden furniture manufacturing company located in Dongguan, Guangdong as an example to analyze the material procurement strategy. Other furniture manufacturing companies can use it flexibly.

According to factors such as material procurement cycle, usage characteristics, and geographic distribution of suppliers, different purchasing strategies can be defined for the materials, see illustration:

"Batch Type" Procurement

For materials with large demand and long delivery cycle, it can be defined as batch-based procurement. The types of materials involved are generally solid wood, sheet material, paint and other main materials. Taking unsettled sales orders as the analysis object, specify the "expected delivery period" range of the order (usually 15 days or one month) to determine the sales order to be analyzed. With the help of the product BOM of the development department, the safety stock quantity, existing inventory quantity, purchase in-transit quantity, product inspection to be inspected quantity, picking in-process quantity, minimum purchase volume and purchase multiple are taken into consideration to determine the purchase plan. .

"Production Plan" procurement

For the material where the supplier's geographic location is around the factory and the delivery period is short, it can be set to purchase by manufacturing order. After the production plan is determined, the procurement requirements are determined according to the production plan. The materials are bought exclusively, with quick turnover and zero inventory. The types of materials involved are generally hardware, accessories, glass, caraway, packaging materials, etc.

"Order Type" Procurement

For special materials in some orders, the purchase volume is small, the purchase cycle is long, and if inventory is prepared in advance but it is impossible to predict whether there is an order to digest, it can be set to purchase according to the sales order. Make a procurement plan for materials, otherwise it will directly cause the production site to stop working and affect the order delivery time. The proportion of these materials in all the materials of the factory should be very small, and more will inevitably cause trouble to the work of various relevant departments.

"ROP (replenishment point)" do not purchase

Some materials are often consumed, but cannot be allocated to the product, that is, the product BOM cannot be quantified. In order to ensure that the material has a certain amount of safety inventory, and can ensure the normal production and consumption of materials before the material is purchased , And set a replenishment point value (replenishment point value = safety stock + daily average consumption × purchase cycle). When the existing inventory reaches the warning line of the replenishment point value, the purchase demand is determined. The procurement plan can be made through the "compensation method" or the "economic batch method". For example, the commonly used low-value consumables such as 502 glue, gauze, gauze tape, and packaging tape commonly used in furniture manufacturing.

"Please buy" purchase:

For commonly used consumables and materials that are not directly related to production, it can be set to purchase separately, and the purchase plan is determined according to the requisitions submitted by various departments. For example, production tools, tools and molds, machinery and equipment, office supplies, daily necessities, etc. In order to avoid the inconvenience of requisitioning, which brings inconvenience to material management and control, enterprises can flexibly set the monthly requisition quota of each department, adjust the quota in due course, and stipulate that each department should report the requisition quantity within the specified time and within the specified quota range, subject to the approval of all After that, the purchase plan will be generated. And in accordance with the principle of trade-in replacement, who buys and receives who keeps the principle of distribution of materials to avoid inventory backlog or misappropriation.

The production process is not smooth, and rework, heavy work, and scrapping occur from time to time. Once an exception occurs, it will involve the use of materials. The production site can formulate a replenishment application form based on the rework order, heavy work order, and scrap form, and indicate whether it is "actively received" or "passive replenishment" and the attribution of traceability. After the final review of the strict approval process, the purchase plan is determined according to the replenishment application form, and the production workshop picks up the materials at the warehouse based on the replenishment application form.

According to the material classification, or set a procurement strategy for a single material, the material control personnel work collaboratively to formulate a procurement plan. The procurement staff decomposes the procurement plan according to the material procurement cycle and the production lead time to generate a purchase order. Reducing space occupation, reducing inventory backlog, revitalizing enterprise funds, and controlling the procurement cost of materials from the source have always been the pursuit of enterprise operators and material control departments. However, the material control department based on manual work or EXCEL tool to formulate the procurement demand plan, which is labor-intensive, time-consuming, and labor-intensive, and its workload is unimaginable. The resulting material demand plan is also doubtful. , Classify management of materials, set purchasing strategy, data resources of various departments are highly shared in the system, hand over complex calculations to the system to complete, free material control personnel from tedious additions and subtractions Produce a multiplier effect.

It is indeed a subject worthy of study how to make the procurement of materials more elaborate, more agile and more intelligent in the furniture manufacturing industry. The above is the experience I have summarized in the management of furniture companies, and it has been successfully used in more than 20 furniture companies with the help of the "information system platform", hoping to give a little inspiration to the personnel engaged in material control management.

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