Métodos de gestão e controle de estoques aplicados nas indústrias do setor eletrometalmecânico da região metropolitana de Londrina-PR

Abstract

Efficient inventory management and control contribute to the entire supply chain. Studying them helps to understand their impacts on customer service and operating costs of industries. In this way, the present work aimed to verify the inventory management methods and control techniques used in the industries of the electrometalmechanical sector in the region of Londrina, in the area covered by Sindimetal Norte PR, linking each method and technique used to its advantages and disadvantages. The electrometalmechanical sector is one of the five main sectors that moves the most the economy of the Metropolitan Region of Londrina, according to the CERTI Foundation, which also justifies the importance of this research. The research was carried out using the quantitative-qualitative method. For data analysis, a questionnaire with open and closed questions and, of the survey type, was used. However, 19 responses were obtained from professionals from different small, medium and large industries. The analysis of quantitative data was based on statistically analyzed graphs and qualitative data were analyzed using content analysis. It is concluded that, among the inventory management methods, the demand forecast method to project volumes to be stocked was the most used, prevailing at 53% of the industries; next, the Kanban method was present at 37% of the total; the ERP at 37% and; the order point at 32% of the total. As for the stock control techniques, the most used were: physical inventory and; safety stock, present at 68% of the analyzed companies; the FIFO/PEPS at 53% and; ABC Classification at 42% of the total. The advantages and disadvantages of each method are shown in tables 4 and 5 at the conclusion of the work.