Estudo de caso da implantação do sistema de gerenciamento de armazéns (WMS – Warehouse Management System) do setor de celulose

Abstract

The technologic development in the last decades makes easier the response to higher demand on market in these days, causing a big concurrence between the competitors companies. This advanced is viewed in cellulose and paper field in Brazil, today this field represents the forth position in the world ranking of cellulose production, and could high to third in 2015. This raise on cellulose production in the country is caused by technology`s investments on process and products on all kinds of industries. The need of continuum improvement to maintain the company on market is the base of this case study. This study was made by the need of implementation a management system of warehouse (WMS – Warehouse Management System). In the warehouse of a cellulose`s industry located on the state of Sao Paulo. The logistics management in every company is the big difference on competitive market field. For the beginning of this study, we made a sweep data on knowhow of management in these cases. After that, the data showed the difficulties faced without the management system. So, we can conclude that in a warehouse exists a big need of a efficient stock`s management system to makes possible the traceability of product, the accuracy of information’s between the areas and a organization of stock are advantages in implantation of the WMS system on company.