Desenvolvimento de metodologia de compras baseada no dimensionamento ideal do estoque: um estudo de caso em uma empresa do ramo de atacado e varejo

Abstract

This research project was developed in a wholesale and retail company with headquarters located in the city of Curitiba. Its main purpose was to analyze data and research a new methodology to be applied at the purchasing sector. In the project, the DMAIC methodology was applied and demonstrated that there is a great need to reduce the high volume of inventory, which implies in a long period of time in the organization’s cash flow. The large number of SKUs makes it difficult to analyze and understand strategic needs, só it was necessary to find a methodology that guarantees more strategic purchases, replacing manual operations with automated processes. Throughout the research on possible models, it was found that the OpenTo-Buy methodology, or OTB, makes it possible to demonstrate by departments, sessions, categories, subcategories and products the availability of purchases for a given period of time. It was the methodology selected for meeting the company’s goals, resulting in more strategic purchases, replacing manual operations with automated processes, with less risk of error in the operation, resulting in a smaller inventory, reducing financial losses.