A importância da gestão de estoques em um minimercado em Santana do Livramento-RS

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to rescue the importance of the theme of inventory management in academic works, assisting academic students, including students in the administration course to carry out new research, as well as the relevance that stocks represent in the business world and the impact that they reflect on society. Within this perspective, the management and control of inventories is adopted as a guiding thread to achieve these objectives. Based on this assumption, this work presents as a research problem: How does inventory management take place in a mini-market in Santana do Livramento-RS? and as a general objective: To understand inventory management in a mini-market in Santana do Livramento-RS. To achieve this goal, a broad study of the literature and some tools that guide this study are presented. Through a semi-structured interview, focusing on Mercado Avenida, an analysis of the case was carried out, which made it possible to identify the functionality of control tools and the good inventory practices adopted by the company. As a result of this research, it was observed that some inventory management tools are incipiently adopted. Among them, the following stand out: ABC curve, order point, economical purchase lot, minimum stock and maximum stock and the PEPS method. Note the relevance of this work for small and medium-sized companies, as they foster the local economy and job creation.