Avaliação dos níveis de estoque e do custo financeiro incorridos em uma linha de produtos de um comércio de autopeças

Abstract

This paper was elaborated with the intent of contribute to the academic community through researches directed to the operational management area of companies and to contribute with the alignment between practice and theory. Considering that the auto parts trade has passing through important changes, either due to the increase of the number of vehicle models in Brazil, or due to the aggravations caused by the economic crisis in the sector, the improvement of the operational activities management is an essential factor to guarantee the market survival and competitiveness, among these activities, inventory management is fundamental. Accordingly, this paper was elaborated with the aim of accomplish a study of case in an auto parts wholesale trade company, with the purpose of identifying the financial cost incurred in a line of products with low inventory turnover. In order to achieve this, estructured interviews were conducted with the managers responsible for all the company's operations, in order to list a sample for the study, and then applied analyzes to the subject of inventory management, withdrawn from specialized literature. The results showed that the company keeps high levels of inventory, which has a high financial cost, besides maintaining a high value of surplus stock, that is, in addition to what is necessary to meet market demand. In this way, this pape contributed by providing reports for the improvement of the company's inventory management, that can be expanded to other product lines besides serving as a basis for future research in this area.