Logística de abastecimento e transporte: estudo de caso aplicado em uma rede de supermercados

Abstract

The logistics and storage of products for sale is a very important factor in the management of many companies inside and outside the Civil Engineering Field, the movement of products and the necessity for control of stock generate costs which can be reduced with the implementation of tactics of management improvement. This paper brings a study about how a local supermarket chain manages its inventory, the buying process, reception and distribution of products, verifying steps taken to reduce waste and optimize the work done, checking if management tools are used. These topics cam be used applied in the Civil Engineering fields on lean construction projects and other projects using the just in time philosophy in their fields and industries relate to Civil Engineering. As expected, trucks are the only way of transport for products utilized by the supermarket chain, which does no use any other means. The markets have different models of internal organization, but the distribution center has a model based on lean models, including a maximum amount of time a product may stay at the storage.