Estratégias de gestão de fornecimentos e sua importância na competitividade empresarial: o caso da Companhia Industrial da Matola

Abstract

This work aims to describe and evaluate the supply strategies frequently adopted by the company Companhia Industrial da Matola, SARL and the way in which the advantages resulting from them make it possible to obtain competitive advantages in the market. Good supply management is usually understood to be the starting point for business success, however, the way in which these same strategies are defined and effectively operationalized will determine how competitive companies become. Companies can choose to engage with several suppliers, few suppliers, integrate their suppliers among other strategies, but the choice of the strategy to be adopted must be a task done with enough consideration of the benefits and costs involved, so that they do not incur in situations of loss of competitiveness due to failures in the supply chain. Issues such as the identification of suppliers, their choice, the negotiation of contracts in order to obtain a greater number of possible advantages, are the mission of the purchasing departments in companies. With automation continuously reducing the weight of labor in production costs, there is no doubt that supply management in order to reduce the cost of materials has become the main focus of companies. From the research that was carried out, it was found that the strategies that have been used by CIM, namely, the relationship with few suppliers and the almost vertical integration, has enabled it to maintain a significant market share insofar as they have guaranteed a timely supply of raw materials with the necessary quality, which in turn gives quality to its final products that reach the market with the necessary quality and at competitive prices and in a timely manner.