Modelo de automação colaborativo para aumentar a eficácia nos processos do gerenciamento da cadeia de suprimentos (supply chain management).

Abstract

The present work suggests an innovative idea about a new model of a platform proceedings automation, sharing electronic information and documents making use of the EDI-Electronic Data Interchange, between companies on SCM-Supply Chain Management, focusing costs reducing and eliminating operational processes steps, crucial to survival and growth in a globalized and competitiveness world. At beginning, it makes an analysis about Brazilian's Foreign Commerce scenario, its growth in a period of two years, its relevance facing international market and Brazilians company's market share on the scenario. In the sequence, it brings some concepts about SCM and logistics' evolution, including details of EDI, its automation use to mercantile and logistics processes. Moreover, as an example, it brings comments about initiatives of Brazilian's Government about the use of electronic invoice (NF-e) that is used to automatize mercantile processes for companies reducing misappropriation. Following, it shows a market resource carried out with 38 (thirty eight) of 500 biggest Brazilian companies concerning benefits, satisfaction and automation levels using the EDI in the following areas: mercantile, logistics and financial areas of those companies. Some information like sales growth and reduction of products' needs on the shelves among results deserved attention, because according to the resource all of those indicators were improved through the use of EDI. Finally, the present work suggests a model of using EDI and IT (Information Technology), to the effect of automatizing all the processes in the companies, increasing efficiency in the business process, with clients, suppliers, government and other companies, domestic and international market. The use of many different technologies are regarded on the platform's model, this make it available for companies with different sizes.