Analysis of supply chain strategies: a case study in a small-sized enterprise

• Autor(a) principal: Fontana, Marcele Elisa
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Pereira, Fernanda Raquel Roberto, Ferraz Segundo, Dallas Walber
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por
• Título da fonte: Revista Produção Online
• Texto Completo: https://www.producaoonline.org.br/rpo/article/view/3393
• topic: Conceptual system. Strategy in Organizations. Business Unit. Soft operational research. Apparel industry.; Sistema conceitual. Estratégia nas Organizações. Unidade de negócio. Pesquisa Operacinal Soft. Indústria de confecção.

Through well-defined Supply Chain Strategies (SCS), a company establishes long-term relationships with customers and suppliers, and also explores new options for processes, increases productive efficiency, and consequently delivers better customer service. There are methodologies developed to assist companies assessing their SCS performance. They are usually applied to large-sized companies, where there is a well-defined structure. Nevertheless, this scenario is generally not observed in micro and small-size enterprises (MSEs), where a limited number of employees accumulates functions, and there is no clear division of departments. Therefore, the main aim of this work was to adapt a SCS evaluation methodology to MSE. A case study was analysed to demonstrate the proposed adaptation. The proposed methodology allowed the manager to identify and understand the relationships between the objectives in a logical way. In addition, it allowed a better assessment of the context, acting as a guide in the strategy formulation process.