What does communication between suppliers and buyers and relevant regulatory authorities mean?

First of all, they have different functions:

1, function of purchasing: mainly used for purchasing products or services.

2. The role of supplier management: the development and management of suppliers is the core of the whole procurement system, and its performance is also related to the performance of the whole procurement department. Generally speaking, supplier development includes competitive analysis of the supply market, finding qualified suppliers, evaluating potential suppliers, making inquiries and quotations, negotiating contract terms and finally selecting suppliers.

Second, the outlines of the two are different:

1. Overview of procurement: procurement refers to the activity that an enterprise obtains products or services from the supply market as resources for its production and operation activities under certain conditions to ensure the normal development of its production and operation activities. Individuals or units obtain products or services from the supply market as their own resources under certain conditions to meet their own needs or ensure the normal development of production and business activities.

2. Overview of supplier management: Supplier management is a management mechanism proposed under the new logistics and procurement economic situation. Modern management, such as mba and emba, divides it into two modes: competition mode and win-win mode.

Third, the two models are different:

1. Procurement methods: Common procurement methods include strategic procurement, daily procurement and outsourcing.

2. Supplier management mode: In the relationship between suppliers and manufacturers, there are two typical modes: traditional competition and cooperation, or win-win relationship.

Extended data:

The link between procurement and supplier management:

It is not a new concept to put forward customer relationship management in logistics and procurement. The idea of relationship marketing has long been put forward in traditional marketing management, but the customer relationship under the supply chain environment is very different from the traditional customer relationship. In marketing, the customer refers to the user of the final product, and the customer here refers to the supplier, not the end user.

In addition, from the characteristics of the relationship between suppliers and customers, there are three traditional enterprise relationships: competitive relationship, contractual relationship (legal relationship) and cooperative relationship. Competition among enterprises is more than cooperation, which belongs to non-cooperative competition.