Implementação da gestão de estoques em uma distribuidora de materiais médicos

Abstract

In a competitive market, it is necessary for organizations to optimize processes, material flow and inventory management, aiming to reduce waste through inventory management, so that the stock size is capable of meeting the needs of customers. customers, at the lowest possible cost for the organization. The hospital sector suffered major impacts during the Covid-19 pandemic, which highlighted deficiencies in the global supply chain, interfering with the demands and internal processes of healthcare organizations. From this scenario, the opportunity to adapt stock levels was identified at Beta, a distributor of medical materials, reducing acquisition costs, stock and waste, through the implementation of stock management tools. Therefore, the objective of this Technological Article is to present the implementation of inventory management in a surgical materials distributor, located in João Pessoa, which distributes products to some states in the Northeast. For this purpose, an exploratory and descriptive research of an applied nature was carried out, through the technical procedure of action research, bibliographical and documentary research with the collection of data available in the company's information system, in addition to dialogues with employees involved with the activities of stock, supplies and tax sector. The research results demonstrate the efficiency of applying inventory management tools in the target company, achieving process optimization and reducing inventory and purchasing costs, as well as reducing the volume of losses due to expiry of products in stock. Therefore, this work achieved the objective of presenting the implementation of inventory management, which can be verified, through the results obtained: reduction in purchasing volumes, stock levels (in items and cost), expiration losses, as well as the reduction of emergency purchase orders, influencing factors for cost reduction.