Materials administration and resuplement: plan proposition for a distributor of materials odonto-medical-hospitals

Abstract

The increased speed in meeting the needs and desires of consumers makes good inventory management essential to achieve competitive advantage. Material management is important for good organizational performance, as it allows more efficient use of increasingly scarce resources. The objective of the present study is to analyze and propose an inventory management plan in a company that supplies dental-medical-hospital materials in the city of Vitória da Conquista/BA. A survey of purchased products and administrative/operational costs was carried out between June 2020 and December 2020. Even so, there was a semi-structured interview with the manager. As a result, it was found that the company carried out inventory management based on common sense and there were erroneous purchases, shortages and excess of materials. Dental-medical-hospital products have a high cost of acquisition and maintenance. High inventories as a way to reduce the risk of lack of materials was harmful to the organization. The main contribution of this study is focused on the management area with practical implications, based on the application of inventory management tools such as minimum stock, maximum stock, economic purchase lot, order point and ABC curve. Such tools help to minimize operational risks.