• DocumentCode
    3241983
  • Title

    The research of procurement strategies for the Chinese herbal medicine enterprise

  • Author

    Hu, Xiao ; Ding, Wen-ying

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of Sci. & Technol. Beijing, Beijing, China
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    29-31 Oct. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1443
  • Lastpage
    1447
  • Abstract
    This article is concerned about the problem of material procurement which exists in many Chinese herbal medicine enterprises. Based on the characteristics of some Chinese enterprises, a model of purchasing raw materials with the aim to have the lowest cost is established for an enterprise and it is solved by using LINGO. The computational results show the model can be used for the enterprise to make certain period of the procurement plan.
  • Keywords
    medicine; pharmaceutical industry; procurement; purchasing; raw materials; strategic planning; Chinese herbal medicine enterprise; material procurement; procurement plan; procurement strategy; raw material purchasing model; Logistics; Chinese herbal medicine enterprise; low cost; procurement; supply chain;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IE&EM), 2010 IEEE 17Th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Xiamen
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6483-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIEEM.2010.5646021
  • Filename
    5646021