An Experimental Analysis of the Supplier Development Activities

Based on meta-analysis of supplier development literature and exploratory analysis of the interview,200 companies in China are used as the sample of the questionnaire investigate,and exploratory factor analysis is used for re-purify the supplier development activities in this paper. It puts forward 7 activities of supplier development,which includes direct invest in supplier,encourage supplier,efficient communication,evaluate supplier and feedback,maintain long-term relationships with supplier,raise performance expectations for supplier and input competition in suppliers in the end.