Patrícia Guarnieri

WMS -Warehouse Management System: adaptação proposta para o gerenciamento da logística reversa

With the advent of the globalization, warehouses serves distant markets and presents a very low stock turnaround time. In this process, huge quantities of materials are discarded at the end of the logistics chain. These materials represent a considerable financial ammount and, if improperly discarded, can cause an environmental disaster. In order to avoid these problems, reverse supply chain management techniques are used. On order to implement these techniques, reverse supply chain management systems are needed. As this kind of systems are almost inexistent, this article suggests the adaptation of the traditional WMS systems in order to be useful in the management of the reverse supply chain management. The proposed methodology shows that the major functions found in present WMS systems can also be used for reverse supply chain management.

Formalização da logística de suprimentos: caso das montadoras e fornecedores da indústria automotiva Brasileira

O setor automotivo apresenta iniciativas consideraveis na gestao da cadeia de suprimentos (GCS), que merecem ser destacadas. O objetivo principal da presente pesquisa foi verificar o nivel de formalizacao na logistica de suprimentos (LS) das montadoras e fornecedores da industria automotiva brasileira. Para tanto, realizou-se uma pesquisa aplicada, exploratoria e descritiva, por meio do metodo indutivo que, do ponto de vista da abordagem do problema, caracteriza-se como qualitativa. O procedimento tecnico utilizado foi o levantamento de dados, e a coleta foi realizada por meio de questionarios de pesquisa. A amostra foi composta de 23 montadoras e 50 fornecedores provenientes da industria automotiva brasileira. Constatou-se que as praticas adotadas por ambos sao convergentes, o que se constitui em aspecto essencial na implementacao efetiva do conceito de GCS, no entanto ressalta-se que nas montadoras essas praticas estao mais desenvolvidas.

Reverse logistics for the end-of-life and end-of-use products in the pharmaceutical industry: a systematic literature review

The aim of this paper is to develop a systematic literature review (SLR) aiming to identify reverse logistics (RL) concepts and practices applied to the end-of-life (EOL) and end-of-use (EOU) of pharmaceuticals and to identify and synthesize, through bibliometric indicators, research opportunities on RL, considering the analysis of publications in the periodical Supply Chain Management: An International Journal (SCMij).,The SLR followed two steps, namely, search for articles on the subject and content analysis of selected material and bibliometric analysis of publications using VOSviewer®.,The SLR allowed the compilation of evidences regarding pharmaceutical RL in the groups: environmental risk, the RL evolution and regulatory and stakeholder’s educational perspective. Despite the timid specific literature on pharmaceutical RL, it was also possible to point out research gaps and opportunities. Pharmaceutical RL seems to be influenced by studies from traditional RL including mathematical modeling, managerial strategies and technologies but prescind of a systemic solution. Besides reducing environmental impact, the motivation to implement pharmaceutical RL resides in its potential for revenue. Considering integrated logistics as a trend and an emerging issue, RL for the pharmaceutical industry needs to be addressed more thorough and broadly.,The limited number of papers returned in this SLR of pharmaceutical RL impaired the bibliometric analysis of them, leading to the inclusion of papers on general RL.,This study provides an overview of the evolution of RL in the pharmaceutical industry, it also clarifies concepts and EOL/EOU practices, particularly directed to the pharmaceutical industry RL.

Level of knowledge and formalization of logistics and SCM in the Brazilian automakers suppliers

The logistics and supply chain management - SCM concepts in Brazil are not well developed yet; in many companies these concepts are frequently confused. Automotive sector, even though, presents considerable initiatives in logistics and SCM and, deserves to be noticeable. The main objective of this research was to verify the level of knowledge and formalization of logistics of the Brazilian automakers and its suppliers. In order to reach this objective, it was accomplished an applied, exploratory, descriptive and not only quantitative but also, qualitative research, through inductive approach. The technical procedure used to collect the data was a survey. The data collection was carried out through questionnaires sent by the post office mail and, e-mail to 50 suppliers and 23 automakers of automotive industry. It was noticed that, among several factors considered, the difficulty of implementation of the SCM concept is detached as the incoherence in the culture of the companies researched, concerning the partnerships and the information exchanging among the involved members. Furthermore, it also has noticed the evidence of the needs to spread SCM concepts throughout the value chain in the business concerned are the key factors for the competitiveness.

As vantagens logísticas e tributárias obtidas com a implantação do RECOF na indústria automobilística

With the fall of customs barriers, that leads to the intensification of foreign commerce that demands greater reduction of bureaucracy in the customs processes, aiming at the reduction of logistics costs and tributes. Currently, Brazil shelters the main world-wide groups of automotive segment which develops the export business in this sector. A recent study of the World Bank demonstrates that, while the Brazilain products take in an average 39 days to gain permits, in the remaining of the world, this process takes only 27 days. To solve this problem, customs regimen RECOF appeared in 1997. The objective of the present article is to analyze the logistics advantages and taxes revenues with the implantation of this regimen in the automotive sector. This research is regarded as an applied and exploratory research, whereby the methodological procedure was a case study. The main advantages accrued from this regimen are represented by the reduction of the logistics costs and the return of the capital spent in the payment of the incident taxes in the purchase of raw materials and components.

Level of knowledge and formalization of logistics and SCM in the Brazilian automotive industries suppliers

The companies of vanguard understood that the real competition is not made among companies, but among supply chains. The supply chain management (SCM) concept is the logistics extension, while the logistics management is concerned with the organization flows optimization. This paper intends to divulge the level of the knowledge and the formalization of logistics and SCM already set up by the suppliers of Brazilian automotive industries. The SCM recognized that the internal integration is not enough for the competitiveness achievement. The automotive segment can be considered representative in logistics and SCM practices in Brazil deserves to be noticeable. In order to achieve this, it was accomplished an applied, exploratory, descriptive and qualitative survey, through inductive approach. The technical procedure used was a survey. The data collection was carried out through questionnaires sent to fifty representative suppliers of automotive industry, with the return of 64% answers. The results of the survey showed that the main impediment in the implementation of the SCM concept is precisely the incoherence in the culture of the companies surveyed about the logistics and SCM, concerning the partnerships and the exchange of information.

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT NA INDÚSTRIA AUTOMOBILÍSTICA

O objetivo deste artigo e enfatizar as praticas realizadas pelas industrias automobilisticas brasileiras no que se refere ao gerenciamento de sua cadeia de suprimentos. Surgiram justamente no ambiente das industrias automobilisticas, as maiores contribuicoes e evolucoes nos sistemas de manufatura e de qualidade e que posteriormente foram estendidas aos outros ramos de negocios. Atualmente o maior desafio das montadoras de veiculos automotores tem sido adequar-se e gerenciar com sucesso a sua cadeia de suprimentos, desta forma sobrevivendo as constantes mudancas de um mercado globalizado e altamente competitivo. Para demonstrar isso, sao apresentadas algumas iniciativas gerenciais e as circunstancias em que essas mudancas ocorreram, Atualmente a cadeia de suprimentos no segmento da industria automobilistica representa uma parcela consideravel da economia brasileira e existe a tendencia de que cada vez mais a industria assuma o papel de coordenadora do Supply Chain Management, proporcionando lucratividade a todos os elos da cadeia.